Each of these items will help ensure that a U.S.-based joint venture (JV)—especially one in a regulated industry with cross-border aspects—is set up and operated on solid legal, compliance, and tax footing. By diligently...more
Navigating the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has long been a key consideration for inbound investors to the U.S. But at the start of 2025, a new regulatory framework was introduced to limit certain...more
How are dealmakers responding to an uncertain and volatile macro environment? Our latest M&A Insights report offers a global perspective on the forces shaping M&A activity, from the rising interest in the European defense...more
On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) that sets out his administration's “America First Investment Policy,” with a particular focus on promoting foreign investment...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) continues to play an increasingly active role in reviewing and assessing inbound investment transactions for U.S. national security risks. In this alert, we...more
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10/2/2023
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On August 9, 2023, the Biden Administration issued a long-awaited Executive Order (the EO) that is intended to address the potential national security threats posed by outbound investment from the United States to certain...more
8/11/2023
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President Biden recently issued “formal Presidential direction” on the risks that the United States will consider when evaluating in-bound foreign investment....more
The inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States has set in motion a number of significant policy changes. In this panel discussion, our U.S. legal and policy specialists shared their insights on what our...more
3/10/2021
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INTRODUCTION -
This week, new regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) went into effect to finalize and comprehensively implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of...more
On Aug. 13, 2018, Congress expanded the authority of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review certain transactions resulting in non-US control of US assets,...more
On August 13, 2018, President Donald Trump expanded the powers of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review foreign investments in the United States by signing into law the Foreign Investment...more
Introduction -
Although the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has been evaluating foreign investment for implications to U.S. national security interests since 1975, its authority has expanded...more