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On Thursday, the Bauchi State House of Assembly passed into law the bill to establish the Bauchi State Urban Water and Sewerage

There is presently unease at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State as the local chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has

A concise Q&A guide to foreign investment law and policy in Germany, including policies and practices, main laws, scope of application and more.

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy continues to tighten FDI control, but the investment climate remains liberal in principle - In Germany, the...

OVERVIEW AWV) The 17th Amendment Ordinance to the German Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance ( AWV) continues the long-standing trend towards more control rights for the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Energy ( BMWi) with regard to investment control under foreign trade law. In addition to adapting to the requirements of the EU Screening Directive, the scope of application of the sector-specific and cross-sectoral review processes was extended and tightened. With regard to the primar...

The latest amendment of the German FDI rules brings mandatory reviews for 16 additional "critical activities" – but also some welcomed clarifications. The amendment entered into force...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 22, 2021, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has published the anticipated draft revision of the German Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance to align the scope of review more closely with the EU Screening Regulation. The Ministry launched a consultation process the same day and is giving the associations and companies potentially affected the opportunity to discuss their views and propose further re...

(only available in German). For M&A transactions involving German target companies directly or indirectly via the acquisition of a foreign group, the draft contains some good and bad news: Future deals will be made more difficult by the fact that the catalogue of companies whose acquisition is subject to notification will be significantly expanded once again. Moreover, in addition to the acquisition of voting rights, the acquisition of control and management rights can now, for the first tim...