Netherlands: Inward/ Foreign Investment

Strategic buyers dominated Dutch public M&A in 2025, but ongoing geopolitical uncertainty and transformative forces like AI and the energy transition are reshaping the dealmaking landscape. Will strategic M&A continue to take center stage in 2026, or will private equity sponsors return with selective activity where they can bring genuine added value to target businesses?

Deze editie van de BUREN German Desk Newsletter belicht het veranderende regelgevingslandschap voor Duitse bedrijven in Nederland, met focus op investeringscontroles, M&A-transacties en nieuwe juridische ontwikkelingen.

The Dutch government has announced a significant expansion of its foreign direct investment screening regime, adding six new technology categories to the list of "sensitive technologies" subject to mandatory notification requirements. These additions reflect growing concerns about technological competition and national security risks associated with emerging technologies that could be weaponized or create strategic dependencies.

On 11 December 2025, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have reached a provisional political agreement on the revision of the Regulation establishing a framework for the screening...

On 11 December 2025, the Council and the European Parliament struck a political agreement to strengthen rules on foreign direct investment screening.

On 30 September 2025, the Dutch government intervened in the semiconductor company Nexperia by imposing restrictive measures affecting its assets, intellectual property, business operations, and personnel.

In the year 2023, an increasing number of jurisdictions subjected foreign and national investments to prior screening by means of a system known as ‘foreign direct investment screening'.

O Índice Global de Complexidade Corporativa 2023 da TMF Group explora 292 diferentes indicadores relacionados à complexidade corporativa para fornecer uma análise aprofundada dos desafios globais e locais que afetam a facilidade de se fazer negócios em todo o mundo.

El Índice Global de Complejidad Corporativa 2023 de TMF Group tiene en cuenta 292 indicadores diferentes relacionados con la complejidad corporativa y brinda un análisis de los desafíos globales y locales que afectan la facilidad para hacer negocios en el mundo.