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A new security agreement between the United States, Denmark and Greenland introduces significant foreign investment restrictions for non-NATO and non-EU investors in sensitive sectors, while simultaneously opening unprecedented opportunities through major EU and Danish funding commitments totaling billions of euros. The framework raises critical questions about investment structuring, screening mechanisms, and how companies can position themselves to capitalize on Greenland's emerging commercial landscape w

While the Danish Investment Screening Act is about to be amended and evaluated, Greenland is planning to introduce national rules on screening of foreign investments. In other words...

The Danish Parliament has passed an amendment to the Investment Screening Act that extends the scope of the screening programme to include contracts relating to the North...

This summer, the Danish Investment Screening Act will be three years old, and the Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs is planning an evaluation of the Act.

This newly introduced Danish FDI regime will especially be necessary to consider in relation to M&A transactions and venture investments.

The global expansion of foreign direct investment (FDI) regimes provides for an ever more complex regulatory environment surrounding cross-border M&A and other transactions.

For the first time, the Danish Minister of Business and Industry has relied on the rules set out in the Investment Screening Act to refuse foreign investment...

The Government of Greenland has taken the first step towards adopting rules on screening of foreign direct investments.

The Danish government has submitted a bill to amend the Danish Investment Screening Act. The bill entails that the authorisation scheme is extended to include parties to contracts concerning the establishment...

EU's nye forordning om screening af udenlandske investeringer træder i kraft i januar 2028, men Danmark har endnu ikke varslet ændringer af den nationale investeringsscreeningslov. Med stigende antal screeningssager og nye krav til sektorer som strategiske råstoffer, dual-use-produkter og kritisk infrastruktur står virksomheder og investorer over for væsentlig usikkerhed om, hvornår og hvordan de danske regler vil blive tilpasset.

The European Commission has announced new FDI screening measures in the EU, including an obligation for all Member States...

Denmark has promulgated a new foreign investment screening legislation which entered into force on 1 July 2021, and we have recently published an article on the Danish screening law on our website...

Lande i EU er underlagt statsstøtteregler, der fastsætter, hvornår et land kan yde støtte (såkaldte subsidier) til virksomheder. Samme regler gælder ikke nødvendigvis for lande uden for EU...

Yesterday, a proposal for a Greenlandic FDI screening bill was introduced. The bill follows the wide-ranging security agreement that Greenland, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the United States signed on 22 September 2026 on strengthened security in the Arctic and the North Atlantic Area, which included restrictions on foreign investment in particularly sensitive sectors in Greenland.

The Danish Business Authority has submitted a bill for consultation to amend the Danish Investment Screening Act. The bill entails, among other things, that all parties to public contracts...

What is the current business climate in your jurisdiction, including major political, economic, and/or legal activities on the horizon in your country that could have a big impact on businesses?

The geopolitical situation and corresponding national and supranational political initiatives have made it clear that investments in the defence and security industry are pivotal...