Foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screenings have become a relevant factor for global transactions in recent years. More and more jurisdictions are introducing or ramping up their powers for scrutinising FDI, which parties to M&A transactions and their advisors need to consider when structuring such deals and planning for completion of the projects. In Europe, the European Commission (“Commission”) boosted this trend with its recently adopted Regulation (EU) 2019/452 of 19 March 2019 establishing a framework…