MORE, MORE, MORE! German government plans another far-reaching expansion of foreign investment control | Hogan Lovells
(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 time, also trigger a notification or an ex officio review. Furthermore, the draft confirms that share...
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