As trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies continue to escalate, lawyers and investors recently gathered in Beijing at the inaugral Foreign Investment Risk Forum to discuss the rise of protectionism across the globe.   Experts from Asia, Europe and the US discussed how governments are reassessing the national security implications of foreign investment and the new risks deal makers face as a result.   Organized by Acuris Studios in partnership with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and PaRR, panelists shed light on how recent.

This report highlights the dramatic changes in the merger control landscape over the past decade. With new countries adopting merger review regimes and established agencies updating existing regulations, the number of active jurisdictions has nearly doubled since 2007. From an increase in gun-jumping penalties to changes in national security reviews, this report provides an overview of this new global landscape including information on timelines, thresholds and notification procedures.

PaRR has recently published a series of statistics looking at abuse of dominance cases in five jurisdictions from 2010, put together by our Brussels-based journalists and analysts. Here, you can read the statistics for Spain, the UK, Italy, France and Germany.