A deep dive into BEIS and the new UK NSI Act // Foreign Investment

Episode 1: Global Foreign Investment Podcast Series

Our first podcast features Nicole Kar, Head of London & Dublin Antitrust & Foreign Investment Group, alongside Chris Blairs, Deputy Director, and Andy Ormerod-Cloke, Head of Policy at the new Investment Security Unit (ISU), BEIS. Together they discuss the operational aspects of the ISU and filings from 4 January once the NSIA takes effect. Topics covered include:

• a deep-dive into the Investment Security Unit – the operational unit within BEIS that will be the front office in handling notifications and call ins under the NSI Act
• the practicalities of filing and how the system will operate to ensure advisors and investors are ready to go from day 1
• remedies and mitigation for ‘problem’ deals
• nuances for e.g. funds that would affect their filings