Wednesday, December 2, 2026
9:00 AM-9:30 AM
Registration and networking
9:30 AM-9:35 AM
GCR welcome remarks
9:35 AM-9:45 AM
Chairs welcome remarks
Jonas Koponen
Partner, Cooley
Veronica Roberts
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
9:45 AM-10:15 AM
Keynote address
10:15 AM-11:15 AM
The EU Foreign Direct Investment Framework: Today’s practice and tomorrow’s strategy
- How is the EU cooperation mechanism operating in practice, and what does this mean for transactions reviewed across multiple member states?
- How might the evolving EU FDI framework influence filing strategies and decisions about where and when to notify?
- Looking ahead, how could greater coordination across member states reshape deal planning, information sharing and scrutiny in strategically important sectors such as defence technology, space and critical minerals?
11:15 AM-11:45 AM
Networking break
11:45 AM-12:45 PM
The EU Foreign Subsides Regulation in practice: enforcement, information and cross-border tensions nforcement, information and cross-border tensions
- What does early enforcement experience reveal about the FSR’s growing relevance to foreign investment review?
- How are dawn raids, procedural enforcement and expanding information demands shaping the approach taken by companies and advisers?
- Navigating conflicts between EU information requests and restrictions on sharing information in other jurisdictions, including China
12:45 PM-1:45 PM
Networking lunch
1:45 PM-2:45 PM
Beyond prohibition: the remedies shaping foreign investment deals
- What remedies are authorities agreeing across different FDI regimes, and how do they vary between jurisdictions and sensitive sectors?
- Which conditions allow transactions to proceed without undermining their commercial value, and when can a remedy become a deal breaker?
- How are parties negotiating and implementing confidential remedies in practice, with anonymised insights from defence, renewables and other sensitive sectors?
2:45 PM-3:45 PM
Mapping the UK FDI landscape: trends, priorities and emerging practice
- What do recent trends and the latest annual report reveal about the direction of the UK regime?
- Is a more pragmatic approach emerging, and what might this mean for investors and advisers involved in defence, renewable energy, space and critical minerals transactions?
- How is the UK’s approach developing within the wider European and global foreign investment landscape?
3:45 PM-4:15 PM
Networking Break
4:15 PM-5:15 PM
How the world views Europe: a global perspective on FDI control
- How is Europe’s evolving approach to foreign investment control viewed by authorities, investors and advisers in other regions?
- What lessons can be drawn from the development and operation of investment screening regimes beyond Europe, including their treatment of defence technology, renewable energy and critical minerals?
- How are globally perspectives reshaping the debate on investment screening and informing cross-border strategy?
5:15 PM-5:25 PM
Chairs closing remarks
Jonas Koponen
Partner, Cooley
Veronica Roberts
Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
5:25 PM-5:30 PM
GCR closing remarks
5:30 PM-6:30 PM
Networking drinks reception
