Douglas C. New
Fasken
Articles
Highlights from the Foreign Investment Review Committee’s Town Hall with the Investment Review Division and Cultural Sector Investment Review
United Kingdom, Canada, European Union - December 8 2020 On Friday, the Foreign Investment Review Committee (“FIRC”) of the Canadian Bar Association’s (“CBA”) Competition Law Section met with...
New UK National Security Investment Screening Regime
United Kingdom, Canada - November 24 2020 On November 11, 2020, the United Kingdom introduced the National Security and Investment Bill (NSI Bill) directed at improving its national security...
Bill C-20: Potentially lengthy extension of timelines and retroactivity combine to create a difficult COVID-19 deal-making climate
Canada - August 5 2020 Bill C-20 has passed Canada’s Senate and received Royal Assent, becoming law on July 27, 2020. Part 3 of the Bill becomes the...
New Foreign Investment Policy Signals Canadian Strategic Retreat From Globalism
Canada - May 1 2020 With Canada’s largest trading partner taking an “America first” approach to trade even prior to the COVID-19 crisis, can “Canada first” thinking be...
Enhanced Scrutiny of Foreign State-Owned Investors Critical Infrastructure at the Heart of Canadian National Security Concerns
Canada - April 22 2020 As discussed in our previous post, on April 18, 2020, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry released a policy statement announcing that...
