International Comparative Legal Guide - Foreign Direct Investment Regimes 2026

The International Comparative Legal Guides provide current and practical comparative legal insights across a wide range of practice areas, using a Q&A format to ensure comprehensive coverage of each topic within different legal systems worldwide.

In the seventh edition of the ICLG Guide on Foreign Direct Investment Regimes 2026, leading practitioners share their expertise against a backdrop of heightened geo-political tensions, growing national security concerns, and increasingly influential investment screening regimes. The guide covers 30 key jurisdictions, offering valuable perspectives on current legal issues and practical considerations for securing timely clearances.

Our experts contributed insights on foreign investment policy, legal frameworks, scope of application, jurisdiction and procedure, as well as substantive assessment.

• Austria: Volker Weiss and Sascha Schulz
• Czech Republic: Jan Kupčík
• Romania: Georgiana Bădescu, Cristiana Manea, Sabina Aionesei, and Teodora Burduja
• Hungary: Kinga Hetényi and Adrián Menczelesz

Authors: Volker Weiss and Sascha Schulz (Austria), Jan Kupčík (Czech Republic), Georgiana Bădescu, Cristiana Manea, Sabina Aionesei and Teodora Burduja (Romania), Kinga Hetényi and Adrián Menczelesz (Hungary)