Potential policy changes could offer opportunities for CFIUS filers in low-risk transactions while introducing added challenges for transaction parties linked to sensitive countries....more
The Final Rule prohibits or requires notification of certain US investments in Chinese and Chinese-controlled entities involved in semiconductors, quantum information technologies, and artificial intelligence....more
11/12/2024
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The proposed regulations would implement President Biden’s Executive Order that restricts certain outbound investments from the US.
On June 21, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed...more
7/2/2024
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The proposal signals a continued effort to expand CFIUS’s enforcement scope and update penalties.
On April 11, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the Proposed Rule)...more
After publicly signaling support for an outbound investment screening mechanism in July 2022, the Biden Administration has issued a long-anticipated Executive Order to address certain investments by US persons in “countries...more
8/16/2023
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The new filing fees can be as high as $300,000 for covered transactions valued at $750 million or more.
On April 27, 2020, the US Treasury Department announced in an interim rule with request for comments that the Committee...more
CFIUS has offered a one-month comment period for proposed rulemaking to implement provisions of CFIUS legislation passed in August 2018.
More than a year ago, in August 2018, US President Donald Trump signed the Foreign...more
9/27/2019
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