Hannes Snellman Highlights Q1/2025 | Expansion of the Finnish FDI Screening Regime Expected

We have published our Hannes Snellman Highlights Q1/2025 issue.

The topic in this issue is the Finnish FDI screening regime.

Expansion of the Finnish FDI Screening Regime Expected

The global security environment has changed, and geopolitical tensions have intensified drastically, prompting many countries to update their foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regimes in recent years. In Finland, while the attitude towards foreign investments is expected to remain positive also in the future, it has nevertheless been recognised that the Finnish FDI regime should be reformed to more effectively address risks relating to national security, security of supply, and wide-ranging influence activities.

The current Finnish FDI screening regime, established by the Act on the Monitoring of Foreign Corporate Acquisitions (the Monitoring Act), has been in place since 2012. The most recent updates to the regime were made in 2020. Now, significant amendments to the Finnish FDI screening are anticipated.

Read the full text here: Hannes Snellman Highlights Q1 | 2025

Hannes Snellman Highlights brings together interesting news and current themes from the past quarter year.