Foreign Investment Screening

The ex-ante foreign investment screening notification is mandatory and suspensory. Going through the foreign investment screening process might have a significant impact on transactional timeline and potentially on deal certainty. Therefore, foreign investment screening notification needs to be considered from the very start of any contemplated investment in entities established in Belgium involving non-EU investors.

The Liedekerke Foreign Investment Team has been intensely monitoring the design and development of the Belgian foreign investment screening mechanism since its first inception in 2021. It has built up a fine expertise and vast experience on the topic, including well established contacts with the ISC, enabling our Foreign Investment Team to swiftly navigate clients through the screening procedure to secure the best-possible outcome.

Our Offer

Our Foreign Investment Team assists foreign investors in assessing whether envisaged transactions are notifiable under the Belgian foreign investment screening mechanism and guides them through all stages of the screening procedure before the ISC, from prenotification and Phase I assessment phase to Phase II screening phase (including the design of potential remedies).

For cross-border assignments requiring a multi-jurisdictional screening assessment, we work on a daily basis with top-tier foreign law firms.

Our Relevant Experience

• Advising on the applicability of the Belgian foreign investment screening mechanism

• Multi-jurisdictional assessment of foreign investment screening requirements

• Preparation of foreign investment notification