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The German federal government recently passed the 17th amendment to the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung—AWV)

The amendments are expected to enter into force shortly.

The German Federal Government has amended the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance to increase the barriers for M&A transactions involving non-EU investors.

As of December 29, 2018, new rules concerning foreign direct investments (FDI) in Germany came into effect. Germany ...

Germany significantly lowers threshold to veto deals; FDI screening mechanism at the European level is coming soon.

The German Federal Government enacted a Regulation amending the German Foreign Trade Ordinance on 12 July 2017.

The EU has recently laid the ground to take a more active role in the screening of foreign direct investment (FDI).

The Council of the European Union (EU) has adopted a new regulation "establishing a framework for the screening of foreign direct investments into the Union" ...

Foreign Direct Investment ("FDI") screening procedures have become of particular interest in M&A scenarios worldwide.

A first draft of a German Investment Screening Act (Investitionsprüfungsgesetz, IPG) was circulated in early October 2026. The text is a so-called Referentenentwurf – a working draft prepared by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE).

Germany is the biggest economy in Europe and the fourth-largest in the world.

The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology ("BMWi") has presented plans to further tighten foreign investment review rules last week.

For M&A transactions in Germany and beyond, Foreign Investment Control screenings have become an indispensable standard element to assess when structuring deals and planning for regulatory review

Germany is modernizing its foreign direct investment screening regime to align with EU standards by 2028. The leaked draft of the new Investment Screening Act reveals a largely familiar framework with elevated statutory protections, but introduces notable changes for EFTA investors and listed company thresholds. Will the final legislation maintain this continuity or introduce more substantial reforms as parliamentary debate unfolds?

The revised rules of the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung or AWV) further extend the competences of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, which...

A leaked draft of a standalone German Investment Screening Act (the “IPG”) has been circulating for a few days – offering a first concrete glimpse into the planned overhaul of Germany's FDI regime.

On 19 December 2018, the German government adopted the 12th regulation for the amendment of the German Foreign Trade Regulation.

Am 4. März 2026 veröffentlichte die Europäische Kommission ihren Vorschlag für einen Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), einen Verordnungsentwurf...