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Space Technology Investments Clear the Launch Tower in 2025

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Investments in space technology are off to a strong start in the first half of 2025. The rising trend over the last four years, as mentioned in a previous Knobbe Martens Aerospace Blog post, appears to be continuing. The...more

Goodwin

Updated Standard Form 328, “Certificate Pertaining to Foreign Interests”

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On May 12, 2025, the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) released an updated Standard Form 328 (SF-328), “Certificate Pertaining to Foreign Interests.”...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Showing Renewed Interest in the Defence Industry

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With NATO members recently agreeing to increase defence spending to levels unseen since the Second World War, this is a timely opportunity to take a closer look at a theme we have been hearing a lot about lately – the growing...more

Morgan Lewis

Key Takeaways: CFIUS and Other Foreign Investor Considerations for Venture Capital

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For venture capital investors, proactive diligence, thoughtful deal structuring, and attention to key shifts in investment regulation are essential, particularly when participating in cross-border transactions or investing in...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Europe’s Sharpened Focus on Defense Creates M&A and Investment Opportunities

Key Points - - The war in Ukraine has prompted a historic surge in European defense spending. - Governments in the EU and U.K. are stressing the need for innovation. They are increasingly turning to investment in small...more

Mogin Law LLP

Big Tech’s Decade of A.I. Shopping

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Does anybody remember Napster? Launched in June 1999, the revolutionary peer-to-peer music sharing platform peaked at 80 million music lovers worldwide. It famously fell from greatness into bankruptcy three years later after...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Innovation in Uniform: The Rise of Israel’s Defense-Tech Sector

The various wars that have taken place around the world in recent years, including the Russia-Ukraine war and the Swords of Iron War, have placed the DefenseTech sector in the spotlight. Amid changes in global security...more

Fenwick & West LLP

The Future of Space Conflict: Insights from Industry, Venture Capital, and the Department of Defense at SXSW 2025

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​The convergence of industry leaders, venture capitalists, and the Department of Defense at Maxar’s Orbital Edge event during SXSW highlighted the evolving dynamics of space as a domain of innovation and opportunity....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 11th National Conference on CFIUS - April 24th - 25th, Washington, DC

Determine how the new administration will affect CFIUS practitioners and how the committee will continue its enforcement practices at ACI’s 11th National Conference on CFIUS. ​Don’t miss your best opportunity to hear how your...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Crossing the Rubicon: U.S. Securities Law in Transatlantic Venture Financings

If you are a non-U.S. company raising capital from U.S. investors, then updating your register of members and making the required filings in your country of incorporation may not be the only filings required. Even though your...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

“Small” Space Companies: Growth Comes at a Cost

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Space has become central to protecting U.S. national security interests as Americans increasingly rely on space-based services to support everyday life. As a result, the U.S. government has bolstered investment in the space...more

K&L Gates LLP

Doing Business in Australia

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Australia welcomes new business and foreign investment by providing a strong economy, a stable political environment and a skilled and talented workforce. Our comprehensive guide to Doing Business in Australia has been...more

A&O Shearman

National Security Division Announces New Self-Disclosure Policy in M&A Transactions

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The National Security Division (NSD) of the Department of Justice announced a new self-disclosure policy on March 7, 2024 (M&A Policy) that impacts corporations, private equity firms, and venture capital firms and their...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Wealth Management Update - December 2023

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Shining a Light on the Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN’s Rules for Beneficial Ownership Reporting - On January 1, 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

The China Syndrome: Competing Regimes Make Due Diligence a Tall Task

...While reliable information from China has always come at a premium, recent restrictions on previously available business intelligence as well as Chinese enforcement actions against foreign investigative diligence firms are...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

"I See Dead Companies": CFIUS Aims an FAQ at the Venture Capital Model

One of the bigger surprises in the history of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) began to unfold in May 2023, when CFIUS posted a new Q&A on the FAQ section of the CFIUS website. The FAQ...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Shining a Light on the Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN’s Rules for Beneficial Ownership Reporting

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On January 1, 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. Congress passed the CTA to...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Significant Changes to the SBIR and STTR Programs

In the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Extension Act of 2022, Congress reauthorized these programs for another three years and added new requirements to reduce foreign...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFIUS’ Final Rules: Broader Reach, Narrow Exceptions and Foretelling Future Change

On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury), on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee), issued two sets of final regulations implementing the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Who’s the Boss? The CFIUS “Control” Definition for Global Venture Capital Funds

My VC Fund has U.S. and non-U.S. General Partners, will I need to file CFIUS declarations for every investment I want to make in tech, in infrastructure, or in a company with customers’ personal data? This is a critical...more

Hogan Lovells

Private equity funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds, and other investment funds receive carve-outs from expanded CFIUS...

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The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA), included in the reconciled Conference Report of the FY19 National Defense Authorization Act, substantially expands the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign...more

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