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News covering direct investment in U.S. companies from foreign entities in Asia, Europe, Canada, Latin America & the Caribbean, the Middle East and Australia. This includes CFIUS, which is getting more restrictive about foreign investment, especially from Asia. Also covers outbound investments from U.S. companies to entities in these jurisdictions.
By Nicholas Klein, Gabriel Gershowitz and Prakash (PK) Paran | November 19, 2020
A look at how certain U.S. insurance sector transactions—which may be seen more frequently due to the current macroeconomic environment—may trigger a review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
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By Stuart Malawer | October 19, 2020
To me, TikTox and WeChat highlight the growing 'national securitization' of trade and business transactions in U.S. foreign policy. 'Trade, Technology,…
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By MP McQueen | April 7, 2020
While mergers and acquisitions were declining as the novel coronavirus spread across the globe, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States at the U.S. Treasury Department, which reviews transactions for national security concerns, is also being affected by the new working conditions, attorneys said.
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By MP McQueen | March 10, 2020
Proposed new fees for filing transaction reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States were published Monday in the Federal Register, adding another significant CFIUS consideration for deals, international trade and national security lawyers said. And President Trump rejects another deal after CFIUS review, his third such order.
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By Abbey E. Baker and Doreen Edelman, Lowenstein Sandler | March 5, 2020
While CFIUS can't stop a U.S. company from relocating overseas just because the committee decides that some dating data is a national security risk, companies should be aware of CFIUS' powers so they don't get caught having a classic Gavin Belson meltdown at the 11th hour.
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By MP McQueen | February 25, 2020
In-house lawyers for payment systems, mobile banking and insurance-focused technologies, cryptocurrency and exchange platforms and other disrupters of the financial services industry, as well as asset managers, will have to pay close attention to changes in the regulations governing reviews of foreign investment transactions by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States that took effect this month.
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By MP McQueen | February 12, 2020
While the federal government has whittled down some of the final regulations from the initial proposals, there is still potential for trouble for foreign investors under the 31 pages of final rules governing national security reviews by CFIUS of foreign investments in U.S. real estate, which take effect on Feb. 13.
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By MP McQueen | January 14, 2020
Final regulations from the U.S. Treasury Department governing national security reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States were issued Monday, with importance for general counsel in many industries—including venture capital—whose companies are involved in cross-border dealmaking.
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By MP McQueen | January 14, 2020
The Treasury Department generally excluded from the new regulations most deals from three countries, unless there is a concern about foreign control of the acquiring companies.
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By Phillip Bantz | January 9, 2020
Trade lawyers say new export restrictions on artificial intelligence software used to analyze geospatial imagery could cover a broad array of industries.
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