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Podcast - The "I" in FOCI and AI: Innovation, Intelligence, Influence
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AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 27: U.S. Healthcare Reimbursement Guidance for Foreign Life Sciences Companies
2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Cross-border Investment Review and New Restrictions
2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Public Policy
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 25: Venture Capital Trends and Fundraising Strategies for Foreign Startups Expanding to the U.S.
Foreign Correspondent: An FDI Podcast | Mapping the National Security Landscape for Investors
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 23: Shaping Georgia’s Energy Landscape: Insights From Commissioner Tim Echols
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 22: What Global Companies Need to Know About Navigating FDA Regulations and U.S. Market Entry
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 217: Japanese Investment in North Carolina’s Life Sciences Industry with David Robinson of Maynard Nexsen
Private M&A 2024: Key Trends and Forecasts
Everyone Come to Play: Exploring FOCI Mitigation Instruments
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 19: The Rise of Korean Investment in the Southeast U.S.
Episode 337 -- Nicolas Garcia, GC at Orica, on Compliance Trends and Challenges in Latin America
President Donald Trump issued a presidential order (the Order) on July 8, 2025, retroactively prohibiting the acquisition of Jupiter Systems LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, by Suirui International Co. Ltd., a Hong...more
Retaliatory tax provisions contained in H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that recently passed the US House of Representatives, if enacted, would drastically impact common cross-border transactions, including US...more
In 2024, the Biden Administration substantially expanded executive branch power to monitor foreign investment into and out of the United States. First, the administration continued efforts to aggressively police compliance...more
On Thursday, October 15, 2020, the White House released a national strategy to ensure that the United States remains a global leader in developing critical and emerging technologies (C&ET). The document lays out high-level...more
The reach and authority of the U.S. government over what it considers to be national security concerns is broad, increasing and often not subject to judicial appeal. In response to mounting threats to the personal, economic...more
In response to U.S. President Trump’s June 4 Memorandum calling for “firm, orderly action to end the Chinese practice of flouting American transparency requirements without negatively affecting American investors and...more
Representative Jim Banks introduced a bill on 5 May 2020 to “place temporary restrictions on acquisitions [of U.S. companies] by the People’s Republic of China. . .” during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...more
The regulations implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), which significantly expanded the jurisdiction and authorities of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...more
In this episode, Akin Gump international competition and trade partner Davina Garrod and corporate partner Gavin Weir discuss M&A in the U.K., EU, U.S., China and more, its state of health and where it might go in 2020....more
Eighteen months after President Trump signed the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (“FIRRMA”) which broadened the power of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) to review foreign...more
The Trump administration continues to expand the powers of the US government to block foreign investment in the U.S. on national security grounds. In 1975, President Gerald Ford established the Committee on Foreign Investment...more
Most deals are approved, but the landscape is becoming increasingly complex, as more types of transactions are subject to review and some filings are mandatory. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has now released for public comment its long awaited proposed regulations (“Proposed Regulations”) to implement the landmark Foreign Investment Risk Review...more
The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) now specifically brings real estate transactions directly under the jurisdiction and review of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...more
On 20 June 2019 the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced the final product exclusion process for List 3 by which U.S. stakeholders can request exclusion of particular Chinese products classified...more
With many companies focused on analyzing transactions for applicability of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ (CFIUS or Committee) pilot program mandatory declaration requirements, transacting parties...more
As has been widely reported, the U.S. federal government partially shut down at midnight on December 22, 2018. While the shutdown continues to impact numerous government agencies and related constituencies, a key shutdown for...more
After Congress failed to enact appropriations legislation, the United States federal government partially shut down beginning at midnight on 22 December 2018, impacting several departments, agencies, and interagency...more
CFIUS Past, Present, and Future: A 2018 CFIUS Carol - The year 2018 was a turning point in the history of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). CFIUS’s change in direction in 2017 suggested that a...more
In this episode, Akin Gump international trade partners Tatman Savio and Christian Davis discuss the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) and how the new Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act...more
As 2018 moves into its last quarter, the White House continues to foster uncertainty in global markets while China responds tit for tat on trade sanctions and keeps a wary eye on capital flight risk by maintaining close...more
As of November 10, 2018, foreign investors making acquisitions and equity investments into many U.S. businesses will be required to file their investments with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...more
Earlier than expected, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has announced new interim rules—effective November 10, 2018, pursuant to the recently enacted Foreign Investment Risk Reduction...more
• On October 10, 2018, CFIUS announced a pilot program that implements significant provisions of FIRRMA. The program becomes effective November 10, 2018. • Under the program, CFIUS jurisdiction will be expanded to cover...more
After more than a year of sometimes contentious negotiations, the United States, Mexico, and Canada reached an agreement on September 30 to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)—renaming it the United...more