Calendar Year 2015 CFIUS Report reflects review of transactions for national security risks is generally taking longer, with Chinese investors leading all others.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) recently released the public version of its Annual Report to Congress for CY 2015 (Report), which provides an overview of the notices submitted to CFIUS in calendar year 2015 in connection with foreign investment in US businesses. Among other information, the Report includes aggregated statistical data with respect to the transactions submitted to CFIUS for review in that calendar year. Because CFIUS publishes these required annual reports more than a full year after the covered period, the current Report may not reflect more recent trends, such as possible shifts in the level of CFIUS aggressiveness towards certain types of foreign investors and the overall increase in CFIUS filings in 2016 and 2017.