Wesley Laine is an Associate with Skadden in the firm’s Paris office, where he is part of the practice Financial Institutions Regulation and Enforcement. Mr. Laine holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, and a Master of Economic Law from Sciences Po. He is admitted for the New York Bar.
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On December 18, 2020, the French authorities officially vetoed the proposed acquisition of Photonis, a leading French optronic technologies firm, by the U.S. group Teledyne. While Teledyne is an important business partner to France and employs 850 people in the country, Ms. Parly stated that (...)
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On December 18, 2020, French Minister for the Economy (MoE) Bruno Lemaire announced that the COVID-19 interim rules on foreign investment control (interim rules) — which were issued on July 23, 2020, and were set to expire December 31, 2020 — will be extended to December 31, 2021. The interim (...)
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France Extends COVID-19 Interim Rules on Foreign Investments and Vetoes Teledyne’s Acquisition of Photonis* On December 18, 2020, French Minister for the Economy (MoE) Bruno Lemaire announced that the COVID-19 interim rules on foreign investment control (interim rules) — which were issued on (...)
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On July 23, 2020, the French government issued decree nº 2020-892 of July 22, 2020 (the Decree), and a ministerial order of the same date (together, the Interim Rules), which lowered the applicable threshold that triggers French foreign investment control for investments by non-European (...)
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