How to De-Risk EU Acquisitions Before You Sign: A Practical FDI Strategy
This session covers the mechanics: what triggers a filing, how reviews actually work, what conditions look like, and how to build approval risk into your timeline before you're locked in.
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About
France's FDI regime has teeth. Filings are mandatory in covered sectors, timelines are real, and conditions can reshape deal structure, governance, and post-close operations. Across the EU, parallel regimes are adding complexity that wasn't there five years ago.
Wesley Lainé is a lawyer at Skadden in Paris focused on sanctions, export controls, and French foreign investment screening. He's also been seconded into Société Générale, where he saw how major financial institutions embed this risk into deal workflow-not as an afterthought, but as a deal-critical step.
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Live Q&A at the end-bring your deal questions.
