The French Dilemma: Preserving FDI in France While Exercising Greater Control

While boasting of its (renewed) first place at the top of the ranking of attractive European countries from the point of view of foreign direct investments (“FDIs”), France has adopted various amendments to its FDI regime over the past three years, which have had as their effect to subject foreign investments to increased scrutiny but also, as a side-effect, to increased legal uncertainty. This move towards greater scrutiny is not surprising as protectionism is on the rise globally. But it m