The Trump administration’s push for increased national security oversight over inbound investments has put a big spotlight on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States—and has helped to supercharge the lateral market for lawyers who can boast CFIUS expertise.

Shearman & Sterling is the latest to beef up its CFIUS practice, adding John Beahn as partner in its Washington, D.C., office. Beahn was most recently a partner in the telecommunications practice at DLA Piper, which he joined in January 2018 after practicing in the CFIUS and communications groups at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.