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Australia to require Foreign Investment Review Board approval for most foreign investment transactions, including internal reorganizations

03 April 2020

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On 29 March 2020, the Australian Government announced with immediate effect that:All proposed foreign investments into Australia will require approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB), regardless of value (i.e., the monetary threshold is temporarily $0 for foreign investment), including internal reorganizations.The above applies to investments where the specific investor will acquire a 20% ownership interest or increase a pre-existing ownership interest of 20% or more, except for the media sector where the acquisition threshold is 5% ownership or more, and importantly includes internal reorganizations (e.g., where an ownership interest of 20% or more is transferred within a group).However,...