Sovereign immunity: A US and European view

February 01 2012

With the US recently proposing changes to the regulations under section 892 of the US Internal Revenue Code concerning investment through controlled entities by foreign governments including typical sovereign wealth funds, Peter Blessing and Ansgar Simon of Shearman & Sterling in New York provide an update on the US position and briefly compare the overall approach taken in the US with that taken in the UK, France and Germany.

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