Ask a CFIUS Expert: Is Crypto Spying on Us?
Decoding the Key Management Personnel Requirements
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Outbound Investments and CFIUS Review
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Evolution of Export Controls
The Now and Next in International Trade: 5 Fast Facts About CFIUS – a National Security Agency You Should Know
Torres Talks Trade Podcast Episode 7 on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
What to Expect from the Biden Administration
A Look Ahead at the Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities
National Security Podcast: US Government Zeros in on China
Podcast: CFIUS Update: Key Takeaways from the FIRRMA Implementing Regulations
Challenges with Cross-Border Deals
Podcast: CFIUS: Recent Regulatory Developments
Facility Security Clearances for U.S. Subsidiaries of Foreign-Owned Companies
A CFIUS Roundup: Polaris Financial
After years of blunted growth and false starts, the US is finally scaling up offshore wind. While most progress had been spurred by state policies incenting projects in the Atlantic Ocean off the East Coast, the federal...more
1. Updates to Russia Sanctions and Export Controls- In response to the ongoing attack on Ukraine, the U.S. government continues on a weekly basis to increase economic sanctions and export controls on Russia. ...more
Climate Change Litigation on the Horizon with Trump Environmental Overhaul - On July 16, 2020, President Trump’s Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published the long-awaited final rule revising the implementing...more
The oil price plunge starting on March 6 seems like a sucker-punch to the oil and gas industry after the price decreases and market unrest as a result of COVID-19. However, for those with capital to spend, including...more
After a solid 2019, the foundations are in place for a strong start to the M&A year in 2020. The following factors are likely to heavily influence the market in the months ahead. As we enter a new decade, the signs are...more
Autonomous cars, sports betting, and CBD products have burst onto the scene, setting the stage for major developments in how companies do business and how regulators monitor new innovations....more
As it nears the end of the calendar and legislative year, Congress is preparing to take long-awaited action to kill Russia’s Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream natural gas pipeline projects – months before Nord Stream 2’s...more
Report from the 2019 Mayors’ Annual Energy Summit in Carlsbad, NM - We attended the Mayors’ Annual Energy Summit again this year, on September 12, at the Walter Gerrells Civic Center Annex in Carlsbad, NM. The Mayors’...more
On September 17, 2019, the Department of the Treasury, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or Committee), issued two sets of proposed regulations seeking to further implement the...more
What do multinational corporations, private equity funds, and other foreign investors need to know? On March 15, 2019, the National People’s Congress of China approved The People’s Republic of China Foreign Investment Law...more
2019 looks set to be a dynamic year in the energy markets, with the oil & gas industry potentially going back into growth mode, the accelerated expansion of renewable energy worldwide and a new chapter in the development of...more
In what was perhaps an inevitable escalation, on Monday, January 28, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on Venezuelan state-owned oil and gas company Petróleos de...more
• FIRRMA broadens the scope of a CFIUS review beyond transactions that could result in a foreign person gaining the ability to control a U.S. business. Consequently, more energy deals could be captured through expanded...more
On January 20, 2017, businessman Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States following a contentious and unconventional 2016 presidential election. Republicans also successfully maintained control...more
On September 21, 2017, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) issued a public version of its most recent classified annual report to Congress on covered transactions for CY 2015. CFIUS is the...more
The Impact of The EU General Data Protection Regulation - The EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 4 May 2016 following the compromise...more
Washington is a town that is filled with secrets – some interesting and others not so interesting. I grew up and have practiced law in Washington, DC. all of my career. ...more
On March 15, 2012, the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) entered into force. The KORUS FTA, the United States’ most commercially significant free trade agreement since the North American Free Trade Agreement...more