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Countries around the globe are facing unprecedented and rapid change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government Intervention Schemes Guide provides a summary of key government intervention measures across jurisdictions around the globe in relation to:

  • Foreign Investment Restrictions
  • Debt
  • Equity
  • Taxation
  • EU State Aid Approvals (where relevant)

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We will be keeping this resource up to date, and also adding more countries over time, so we encourage you to refer to the most recent report available on this page.

If you would like further information, contact your relationship partner or contact our multi-disciplinary team through our COVID-19 Government Intervention Schemes Helpdesk.

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Koen Vanhaerents

Koen Vanhaerents

Koen Vanhaerents joined Baker McKenzie in 1987 and was admitted to the Brussels’ bar in the same year. He was made partner in 1994. Koen Vanhaerents has an extensive Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Securities and Corporate Finance practice. From October 2009 to October 2014, Koen Vanhaerents was a member of the Firm’s Global Executive Committee and Chairman of the EMEA Region of the Firm. Since October 2014, he is Head of Global Capital Markets Practice Group.

Samantha Mobley

Samantha Mobley

Samantha Mobley is a partner in the EU, Competition & Trade Practice of Baker McKenzie's London office and she is a member of the London office Management Committee. She led the Firm's Global Antitrust & Competition Practice Group for six years. Samantha is recommended as a leading individual for competition law in the Chambers Guide to the UK Legal Profession and Who's Who Legal in 2018. She was featured in the Global Competition Review's 2016 Women in Antitrust Survey as one of the top 150 women in antitrust globally. She is also a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network.

Sunny Mann

Sunny Mann

Sunny Mann is a partner in the EU, Competition & Trade Practice Group of Baker McKenzie's London office and co-leads the Compliance & Investigations Practice Group. He joined the London office as a trainee solicitor in 2000 and qualified as a solicitor in March 2002. He undertook an 18-month secondment to the Washington, DC and New York offices, where he worked as part of the international trade and antitrust teams. He has also spent some time in the Sydney and Hong Kong offices. He spent nine months on secondment with a major UK mobile network operator and a further four months with a major consumer goods manufacturer. He is a visiting professor at the Bruges and Warsaw campuses of the College of Europe.

Antoine De Raeve

Antoine De Raeve

Antoine De Raeve is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Brussels office and heads the Belgian Banking & Finance Practice Group. He is also a member of the EMEA steering committee for banking and finance. He has a broad background in international finance, and principally advises clients on transactional loans and credit facilities.

Nina Niejahr

Nina Niejahr

Nina Niejahr is a counsel in the Firm’s European & Competition Law Practice in Brussels and co-chair of the European State Aid Group. She is an active participant in the State Aid Working Group of the European Competition Lawyers Forum. Ms. Niejahr has published extensively and speaks regularly at seminars and conferences on a variety of EU competition and state aid law topics. She is the author of the chapter on EU legal protection in state aid cases, published in the 2011 Münchener Kommentar zum Wettbewerbsrecht (Kartellrecht) and in the 2016 Säcker/Montag European State Aid Law: A Commentary.

Fiona Carlin

Fiona Carlin

Fiona Carlin is the managing partner of Baker McKenzie’s European & Competition Law Practice in Brussels and chairs the Firm’s European Competition Law Practice Group comprising more than 165 lawyers in 26 countries in the EMEA region. She also heads the Firm's global merger task force that exchanges and develops know-how and organises regular client events on merger control developments.

Nick Tostivin

Nick Tostivin

Nick Tostivin is Head of the Firm’s Banking & Finance Practice Group in London. He regularly advises clients on all aspects of general bank lending and acquisition finance. Nick is listed as a leading practitioner in his field by Chambers UK, and is likewise recognized for his work by Legal 500 UK.

Lynn Rosell Rowley

Lynn Rosell Rowley

Lynn Rosell Rowley is a partner in the Banking and Finance Department in London. She joined Baker McKenzie in 2007 and became a partner in July 2012. Lynn previously practiced in the finance team at Wragge & Co LLP, where she advised on a broad range of banking and finance areas. Prior to university, she spent six years working for Barclays Bank plc in a variety of roles.

Nicholas (Nick) O'Donnell

Nicholas (Nick) O'Donnell

Nick O'Donnell is a partner in Baker McKenzie's corporate department in London. He has over 15 years' experience advising on a wide range of corporate finance transactions and is recognized in his field by The Legal 500. He has spent time on secondment with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Macquarie and Mubadala. Although London based for the majority of his career, he has previously been located in Abu Dhabi and New York. He regularly publishes articles, and has been quoted and interviewed on the press and TV, on matters relating to the London market.

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