The Linklaters Podcast

European Union Foreign Investment Operational Practice // Foreign Investment


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Episode 6: Global Foreign Investment Podcast Series

Christoph Barth sits down with Damien Levie, who heads up the unit on Technology & Security, FDI Screening in the Directorate-General for Trade at the European Commission, to discuss how the EU FDI Screening Mechanism is working in practice, and prospects for reform. 

Topics covered include:

  • The organisational set-up of the EU FDI Screening Mechanism and how it has developed in practice
  • Interaction between the European Commission and the Member States
  • Process, transparency and duration of reviews
  • Potential harmonisation of activities which should / should not be caught by FI regimes
  • Possible reforms as a result of the Commission’s current consultation
  • To listen to all episodes in this series, visit our Linklaters Global Foreign Investment Podcast Series webpage.

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