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The UK remains in the international spotlight in 2019 as the first member of the European Union to signal its intention to exit irrevocably from the Union.

On 4 March 2026, the European Commission (the "Commission") adopted its long-awaited legislative proposal to strengthen the EU's industrial base and stimulate demand for "Made in EU" products with the publication...

The European Commission's June 2020 White Paper outlined its initial plans for a subsidies regime. The Commission has now developed these plans in its proposals for a new regulation.

These provinces roughly covered modern Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is a hugely diverse cultural and geographical mix that stretches from Morocco in northwest Africa to Iran in Southwest Asia.

When the President of Microsoft says that the EU is now "a more attractive place to start a business" than the UK, British entrepreneurs might wonder what went wrong with the UK's post-Brexit regulatory strategy.

In 2025, the deal environment in the UK and Europe re‑established a firmer footing, with values improving even as volumes lagged pre‑2021 highs.

The UK Government has published proposals to extend its powers to scrutinise mergers and acquisitions with national security implications. This move is part of a wider global debate...

From a macro risk profiling perspective there are three key concerns over the outlook for 2011.

On 4 May 2026, the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (“ECON”) published its draft report (the “Draft Report”)...

The terms and conditions pertaining to the Foreign Direct Investment ("FDI") in India are governed by the consolidated Foreign Direct Investment Policy ("FDI Policy")...

On 11 November 2020, the UK government published draft new legislation (the National Security and Investment Bill) for the establishment of the UK's new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

On 22 July 2025, the UK Government published its fourth Annual Report on the operation of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA). On the same day...

Having just taken over as the leader of Deloitte's UK Local Public sector business MIPIM 2017 presented a golden opportunity to undertake a serious city health check.

The UK Government has further extended its powers to review mergers in certain key strategic sectors on national security grounds.

The UK government's 2025/26 annual report reveals significant shifts in the National Security and Investment Act's operation, with notification volumes climbing 15.8% while intervention rates drop to historic lows. Despite longer review timelines and increased scrutiny of certain investor origins, 98.9% of transactions proceeded without government intervention, raising questions about the regime's scope and effectiveness.

In its recently released Partial Award of 23 May 2011, a majority of the UNCITRAL tribunal in HICEE B.V. v The Slovak Republic found that the applicable bilateral investment treaty between the Netherlands and Slovakia.