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Foley Hoag LLP

Highlights From CFIUS’ 2024 Annual Report to Congress

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Key Takeaways: - In 2024, CFIUS reviewed 325 covered transactions and increased its scrutiny of non-notified deals. Nevertheless, both the number of filings reviewed and the number of requests for formal filings following...more

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Eastern promise: The M&A pipeline between APAC and the Middle East is primed for growth

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Trade and investment between the Middle East and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions is booming, underpinned by restored bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran—brokered by China—and renewed economic growth potential. The...more

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Getting deals done despite the odds

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M&A, debt finance and investment fund actors seek alternative routes to dealmaking in the face of a dim macroeconomic outlook - The past two years have witnessed significant geopolitical fracturing and macroeconomic...more

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Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions - March 2023

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This digest outlines some of the significant legal work undertaken by Conyers on behalf of our clients around the world since the beginning of 2022. The year was challenging for many of our clients, with global uncertainty...more

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Foreign direct investment reviews 2023: A global perspective

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Now in its seventh year of annual publication, White & Case's Foreign Direct Investment Reviews provides a comprehensive look into rapidly evolving foreign direct investment (FDI) laws and regulations in approximately 40...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Demystifying China’s Merger Review Process

China’s merger clearance authority plays a critical role in global M&A, even for deals that have few obvious ties to China. Particularly in the technology area, China is often the last hurdle to clear. Moreover, unlike those...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Focus of China Cross-Border M&A Turns to Government-Favored Sectors and Away From West

China’s cross-border M&A market continued to face strong headwinds in 2022, with a slowing economy and new COVID-19 restrictions weighing on the market. There have been fewer outbound and inbound transactions, with total deal...more

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M&A headwinds and tailwinds

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After two years of pandemic caution and amid perpetually increasing valuations, growing piles of dry powder and pent-up investment willpower, 2021 exploded in a global deal frenzy unrivaled in the past decade. On the heels of...more

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Change is in the air

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Respondents see COVID-related disruptions, economic contraction and geopolitical instability as the top challenges for the aviation sector in the coming year. But growth is expected, notably in Asia-Pacific and Australasia - ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

China Issued 2021 Version of Negative List for Foreign Investment

The National Development and Reform Commission of China and Ministry of Commerce of China jointly released, on December 27, 2021, the “Special Administrative Measures for Foreign Investment Access (Negative List)” (2021...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Radar Specialist: German Government Prohibits Takeover by Chinese Investor

The sharp sword of prohibiting a M&A transaction because of threats to public order or security is eventually being applied. IN DEPTH - After years of continuous tightening of foreign trade law, several papers including...more

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Taiwan in the changing global landscape - Key private equity and M&A trends in Asia - What they mean for investors in the region

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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the world's economies and investment activity in 2020—including Asia-Pacific. This black swan event has exacerbated previous market threats, including rising geopolitical tensions,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

CFIUS Annual Report: 10 Key Takeaways for Calendar Years 2016 and 2017

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The number of CFIUS notices filed is growing, more cases are extending into an investigation phase, and instances of pulling and refiling CFIUS notices are increasing. On November 22, 2019, the Committee on Foreign...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

China's 2019 Negative Lists – a Positive, If Small, Step

For international investors looking at opportunities in China, this summer has been largely a waiting game. Investors have been waiting and hoping as the Chinese government and the Trump administration continue their...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

New Rules Offer Clarity On China's Outbound M&A Crackdown

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On August 18, 2017, China’s State Council issued guidelines clarifying rules passed a year ago by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) limiting outbound investments as cover-up to move money out of China....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

European M&A Market Insights, Summer 2017

Germany Strengthens Foreign Investment Control: New Rules to Thoroughly Screen Investments in Enlarged Number of Key Industries - Germany ends its longtime liberal approach to foreign investments by increasing its...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Chinese Investment in the United States – Prospects for the Trump Presidency

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An important thing for people interested in U.S.-China commercial and financial relations to consider in connection with Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election on November 8, 2016 is that no one can know with...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

China’s Ongoing Foreign Direct Investment Law Reform: A Major Move to Simplify Market Entry Matters

China’s foreign investment regulatory landscape is undergoing another wave of major revamping since China amended its Company Law and the implementation guidelines regarding the registered capital of foreign-invested...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

CFIUS and Chinese Investment: Lessons Learned from the First Half of 2013

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, Chinese companies have significantly increased their overseas investments in the United States. Like other foreign investments, Chinese investments may be subject to a national security...more

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