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LathamTECH in Focus: Navigating National Security: The Impact of FDI Reviews on Tech M&A
5 Key Takeaways | SALT and Multinational Businesses: Analyzing State and Local Taxation of Foreign Company Transactions
Foreign Correspondent Podcast | The America First Investment Policy and What it Means for Investors
Podcast - A Comparative Guide to Obtaining an FCL: DCSA vs. the Intelligence Community
Podcast - The "I" in FOCI and AI: Innovation, Intelligence, Influence
Podcast - What Are Joint Ventures and When Should They Get Cleared?
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
The first 100 days of a new administration sets the tone for policy direction and regulatory priorities. The following key takeaways from the Trump administration’s first three months highlight significant trends, shifts and...more
Life sciences companies have long been outside the scope of US national security regulations and benefited from significant exemptions under US privacy laws. ...more
Cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in 2025 will be shaped by tumultuous economic, legal, and regulatory change. Driven by the new U.S. administration’s dramatic shift in policies and priorities, developments...more
The aerospace and defense industry is facing a rapidly shifting legal landscape in 2025, shaped by regulatory updates, enforcement trends, and geopolitical considerations. With increased scrutiny on foreign investments,...more
Merger control and foreign investment hurdles contributed to a challenging 2024 for M&A. 2025 looks more promising, with pro-business agendas and regulatory easing in key jurisdictions expected to fuel a surge in dealmaking -...more
On January 3, 2025, US President Joe Biden published an order blocking Nippon Steel’s proposed acquisition of US Steel, citing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ (CFIUS) finding that the deal would...more
President Joe Biden on Jan. 3, 2025, issued a blocking order (the Order) addressing the proposed acquisition of United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) by Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon Steel), Japan's largest...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or “the Committee) is an interagency body of the U.S. government that plays a critical role in safeguarding national security by reviewing foreign investments...more
Under Republican administrations, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has historically taken a more permissive approach to approving mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions involving companies that hold FCC...more
As global economic and geopolitical environments enter a new era, companies need to continuously develop and adjust their coherent global business strategies to secure and further expand business opportunities in all markets...more
The US federal government is at risk of a shutdown unless Congress can enact appropriations to fund certain federal operations by December 20, 2024. In September 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued plans for how a...more
M&A practitioners anticipate a ‘Trump bump’ - The scale of Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election – and the fact the Republicans now have full control of Congress – has been greeted with optimism by U.S....more
While the incoming administration has blanketed the news cycle with newly threatened tariffs against typical targets like China, and against neighboring allies like Canada and Mexico, the current administration has quietly...more
The PGA Tour announced that it had, along with the DP World Tour, entered into a Framework Agreement with the Public Investment Fund of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (PIF) to create “a global golf partnership.” While the...more
At a time of significant geopolitical challenges, many jurisdictions are looking at their investment screening regimes to ensure that they can adequately safeguard national security and public order. Within this context,...more
On February 24, the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration issued hundreds of new Russia-related export controls and sanctions. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the...more
The U.S. federal government is facing a possible shutdown beginning this Sunday, October 1, 2023. Congress has until September 30, which marks the end of the fiscal year, to enact appropriations for government agencies and...more
All companies engaged in M&A activity in the United States must plan for enhanced scrutiny from an increasingly aggressive DOJ and FTC, but non-U.S. companies, particularly Chinese companies, must also reckon with another...more
In a provocative demonstration that it scrutinizes all types of transactions, no matter their origin, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has reportedly been vetting the proposed $1 billion sale...more
Following a year of unprecedented M&A deal activity, 2022 saw the global M&A market settle back into a more familiar pace. The year finished 38.8% lower than 2021’s record level, but only 9.3% lower than 2015-2019 averages,...more
October 20, 2022- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg delivered remarks on the prudential regulation of crypto-assets at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C....more
Editor’s Note: On July 27, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the topic of Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) compliance. CFIUS is a U.S. government interagency committee with the...more
The interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee) hosted its 2022 Inaugural Conference on June 16, 2022. In its capacity as chair of CFIUS, the U.S. Department of the Treasury...more
The Country's Premier Gathering of Government, Outside Counsel, Advisors, and In-House Executives - ACI’s 8th National Conference on CFIUS is back in person on April 26 – 27! Widely regarded as the premier event for the...more
Takeaways - Chinese investments requiring CFIUS review have declined as the U.S. scrutinizes those transactions aggressively, and rules governing interactions with “Chinese military-industrial complex companies” have been...more