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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Trump Launches $1 Billion Plus Investment Fast Track with New Executive Order

The new federal office aims to accelerate mega-investments and revamp CHIPS Act oversight. Against the backdrop of rising global competition and ongoing industrial policy debates, on March 31, 2025, President Trump...more

Mayer Brown

Trump Administration’s “America First Investment Policy” Previews New Restrictions on Inbound and Outbound Investment

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On February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a new memorandum addressing both foreign investment into the United States and outbound investment by US persons. Without imposing immediate legal or regulatory changes, the...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Trump NSPM Proposes Changes to CFIUS Process and Outbound Investment Rules

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On Friday, February 21, 2025, President Trump issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum (“NSPM”) titled “America First Investment Policy” which directed multiple federal agencies to take action to further restrict...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

President Trump Orders Divestment of U.S. Company; CFIUS Clears Semiconductor Transaction

It has been an active last week in the world of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”). In addition to CFIUS’s publication of proposed regulations that would impose filing fees for parties’...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Focus on Foreign Access to Technology and Data Continues as CFIUS — and Others — Flex National Security Muscles

With strengthened legislative mandates and significant regulatory reform in place, the U.S. government’s national security focus on protecting sensitive technology and data continues to gather steam. Although exactly what...more

A&O Shearman

M&A Watch: Ant Financial and MoneyGram Terminate Merger Agreement Due to CFIUS Concerns

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MoneyGram International Inc. and Ant Financial Services Group recently announced the termination of their agreement providing for the acquisition of Texas-based money transfer company MoneyGram by China-based Ant Financial...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

U.S. Employs Rarely Used Tool to Probe China IP Practices

As President Trump visits China, U.S. is investigating a longstanding issue in bilateral relationship—technology transfer/intellectual property requirements—that has potential implications for trade. U.S. business and...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

CFIUS, POTUS Block Chinese Acquisition of U.S. Semi-conductor Maker

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More Acquisitions May Be Blocked in the Future - Last month, asserting national security concerns, President Trump blocked a $1.3 billion acquisition of Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor by a subsidiary of the Canyon...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: M&A Guide to CFIUS: How the Review Process Can Impact Your Transaction

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS" or "the Committee") has received much attention over the past several months for its role in blocking two separate Chinese acquisitions of US semiconductor...more

King & Spalding

President Trump Issues Order Prohibiting Chinese Company Acquisition Of U.S. Semiconductor Business

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On September 13, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the acquisition of U.S. company Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (Lattice) by a group of companies, including Canyon Bridge Fund I, LP (CBFI);...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Latest CFIUS Annual Report Shows Start of Withdraw and Refile Trend

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) recently released the unclassified version of its annual report to Congress for transactions notified to CFIUS during calendar year 2015. While the data...more

Baker Donelson

President Trump Blocks Foreign Acquisition by Chinese Firm: Isolated Case or Harbinger of Increased CFIUS Scrutiny?

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On September 13, President Trump blocked the $1.3 billion acquisition of U.S. microchip manufacturer Lattice Semiconductor Corp. ("Lattice") by Chinese private equity firm Canyon Bridge Capital Partners Inc. ("Canyon...more

Kilpatrick

Chinese Investments In The United States Remain In CFIUS Crosshairs

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On September 13, 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order blocking the $1.3 billion acquisition by Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, a Chinese government-backed private equity fund (“Canyon Bridge”) of Lattice...more

Cooley LLP

Alert: M&A Lessons Learned from the Blocked Chinese Acquisition of Lattice Semiconductor

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Last week, President Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting the acquisition of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (Lattice), a US computer chip manufacturer, by a Chinese investor. The president's order blocking the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Blocks Chinese-Funded Acquisition of U.S. Semiconductor Company

• President Trump issued an order prohibiting the proposed $1.3 billion takeover of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, a U.S. company, by Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, Inc., a private equity firm funded by Chinese...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

President Trump Blocks His First CFIUS Transaction

September 13, 2017 On September 13, 2017, the White House announced On September 13, 2017, the White House announced that President Donald Trump issued an executive order blocking Lattice Semiconductor Corp.'s proposed...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Trump Administration Highlights Limitations of CFIUS Process

In separate public statements last week, two Trump administration cabinet secretaries expressed concerns with the national security review process of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). They also...more

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