Clifford Chance

The UK National Security and Investment Act: What is the impact?

27 May 2021

The UK government, like many others around the world, is focusing on the perceived threat of hostile investors owning or controlling critical businesses or infrastructure and, as a result, enacted the National Security and Investment Act (NSI) in May 2021. When the regime becomes effective later this year, it will give the UK government very broad powers to block inward investment on national security grounds.

In this briefing we assess the impact of the new Act on a wide variety of investments and financing transactions.

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