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Space Law,Regulation and Policy Update

Good Afternoon! It’s been a busy two weeks across the space industry. Despite recent headlines, it looks like the throttles are all the way forward for space business. The Space Foundation reported that the global space...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

LathamTECH in Focus: Tech Deals: The Emerging Focus of FDI Regulators?

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In this episode of LathamTECH in Focus, Silicon Valley partner Tessa Bernhardt examines the global expansion of foreign direct investment statutes, discusses where she is seeing heightened regulatory activity and offers...more

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Navigating the CFIUS Fast Track Program

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In May 2025, the Treasury Department, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), announced a new “fast track process to facilitate greater investment in U.S. businesses from ally and partner...more

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M&A in the AI Era: Key Antitrust and National Security Considerations

Key Points - - As more jurisdictions adopt AI regulations, and AI-related transactions are reviewed on multiple legal grounds, it is critical for companies considering deals to assess the regulatory hurdles early on and...more

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Beating the hackers: US cybersecurity dealmaking hits back against rising attacks - Policymakers have renewed their focus on...

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The persistence and evolution of cybercrime across the US is reshaping M&A in the cybersecurity sector. Driven by escalating threats, increasing costs and liability to businesses, and a growing and more defined regulatory...more

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The GENIUS Act: What Is It and What’s Next?

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On June 17, the U.S. Senate voted 68-30 to pass S.1582, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, known as the GENIUS Act (the Act). This represents a landmark effort by the U.S. Congress to...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Global Trade in 2025: Outbound Investment Restrictions

Motivated by a rapidly evolving geopolitical climate, governments around the globe have increasingly scrutinized and intervened in transactions under foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regimes in recent years. Rising...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

Treasury’s Latest Moves: Fast-Track for Foreign Investors & Outbound AI Investment Inquiry

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) has been active in the context of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ (“CFIUS”) and the Outbound Investment Security Program (“OISP”). The main updates...more

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Newly Adopted Greek FDI Regime

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On 22 May 2025, the Hellenic Parliament enacted Law 5202/2025, introducing a Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) regime in Greece (the “Regime”), effective as of that date. The Regime took effect immediately upon publication in...more

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From open door to watchful gatekeeper: Greece adopts a foreign-investment screening mechanism

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On May 22, 2025, the Hellenic Parliament passed long-expected legislation to establish Greece’s first national mechanism for the screening of foreign direct investments (FDI) on grounds of national security and public order....more

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OFAC Recalibrates Syria Sanctions in Response to Regime Change

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On May 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License No. 25 under the Syrian Sanctions Regulations, marking a measured but far-reaching reconfiguration of...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

President Trump Signs AI Deepfake Act into Law and House Passes AI Measures — AI: The Washington Report

On May 19, President Trump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act into law, which criminalizes the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), including AI-generated deepfakes. The TAKE IT DOWN Act is the first US law to...more

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From Storage to AI Factories: Data Centre Investment Considerations for Private Capital Investors

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Data centres have become one of the most critical assets of the digital age and form one of the key pillars in modern infrastructure investment. Once viewed as passive storage units, today they power everything from streaming...more

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New “Fast-Track” Announced for Foreign Investment Approval

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On May 8, the Treasury Department announced a plan to introduce a new Known Investor portal as a key component of the “fast-track” process for investments by U.S. allies and partners under review by the Committee on Foreign...more

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DCSA Updates SF-328 for Cleared US Government Contractors and Academic Institutions

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The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) announced the approval of updates made to the Certificate Pertaining to Foreign Interests, or Standard Form (SF) 328, on May 7, 2025. This revised form requires more...more

Cooley LLP

US Outbound Investment Enforcement Is Now Live

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Despite uncertainty amid talks of reforming the Outbound Investment Security Program (OISP), the US Department of the Treasury is already actively pursuing enforcement actions against transaction parties that may have...more

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Reshoring EO aims to streamline permitting, approval, and oversight of US drug manufacturing

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On May 5, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) aiming to promote American-made prescription drugs (“Reshoring Manufacturing EO”). The EO directs federal agencies to eliminate regulatory hurdles,...more

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CFIUS & Foreign Direct Investment in Economic Development Projects

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On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued the America First Investment Policy Memorandum, which promotes foreign investment in the United States from allies yet also signals restrictions for certain investments in...more

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Establishing the United States Investment Accelerator (Trump EO Tracker)

Establishes the United States Investment Accelerator office within the Department of Commerce to facilitate and accelerate investments above $1 billion in the United States. The office will assist investors in navigating...more

Jones Day

Australian Treasury Reports Faster Foreign Investment Application Processing Amidst Increased Focus on Compliance and Enforcement

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The Australian Treasury, which administers Australia's foreign investment framework, has released its first quarterly report for the 2024-25 financial year. Here are some key statistics and trends from the report. Treasury...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Le gouvernement canadien met à jour les Lignes directrices sur l’examen relatif à la sécurité nationale des investissements

Dans un contexte de tensions commerciales sans précédent entre le Canada et les États-Unis, le gouvernement fédéral canadien (le « gouvernement ») a publié, le 5 mars 2025, une mise à jour des Lignes directrices sur l’examen...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Economic Security as National Security: Canadian Foreign Investment Review Policy Update

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Canada's Minister of Industry announced that “economic security” will be an additional factor considered by the Canadian government when assessing transactions subject to the Investment Canada Act....more

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Canada Revises its National Security Review Guidelines for Investments

Amidst unprecedented trade tensions with the United States, on March 5, 2025, the Government of Canada (Government) released updated Guidelines on the National Security Review of Investments (Guidelines) under the Investment...more

A&O Shearman

Foreign investment control regimes reach far and hit hard

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Foreign investment (FDI) screening regimes continued to present challenges for dealmakers. We saw tough intervention in key jurisdictions. New and expanding rules added to regulatory burden. Overall, most deals are cleared...more

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Challenging Final Orders Under the NSIA – Merely Difficult, or Impossible?

Scottish chip firm loses temporary injunction application for relief while divestment decision is challenged by judicial review, following the UK issuing its third Annual Report on the NSIA. The UK High Court of Justice has...more

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