The NSI Act should not be interpreted as the government seeking to make the UK less attractive to Chinese investors, but a recent case suggests universities may need to re-evaluate how they assess risk under the Act, writes Jason Teng from Potter Clarkson On January 4 2022, the UK government implemented the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act, which allows the government to scrutinise and intervene in certain acquisitions that …
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The NSI Act pre-dates the end of the UK-China ‘Golden Era’, and should not be interpreted as the government seeking to make the UK less attractive to Chinese investors, writes Joe Cash The National Security Investment Act has received Royal Assent and been in force since January 2022. Long before the NSI Act became a topic for debate in Parliament, as the NSI Bill, the regime had attracted the attention …