Amendment to Investment Control - New Challenges for M&A Practice

In an interview with Financial Yearbook online, Daniel Wiedmann answers 3 questions on the 17th Ordinance Amending the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance and the related impact on M&A practice, such as a significant expansion of reportable sectors, thresholds for reporting requirements when increasing existing shareholdings, clarification of reporting requirements for internal restructurings, as well as audit options of the BMWi for “atypical control acquisitions”.