ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS –
Keppel Offshore Reaches Deal with DOJ and Guilty Plea by Counsel Unsealed –
On December 22, 2017, Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (KOM), a Singapore based company that operates shipyards and...more
1/9/2018
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Trump Administration ,
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World Bank
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS –
Keppel Offshore Reaches Deal with DOJ and Guilty Plea by Counsel Unsealed –
On December 22, 2017, Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (KOM), a Singapore based company that operates shipyards and...more
1/9/2018
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bitcoin ,
Bribery ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Colombia ,
Corruption ,
Cuba ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Securities ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Ecuador ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
Fraud ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Human Rights ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Magnitsky Act ,
National Security ,
Odebrecht ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Peru ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SFO ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
US Department of State ,
Whistleblowers ,
World Bank
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS –
Keppel Offshore Reaches Deal with DOJ and Guilty Plea by Counsel Unsealed –
On December 22, 2017, Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (KOM), a Singapore based company that operates shipyards...more
1/2/2018
/ Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Bitcoin ,
Bribery ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Colombia ,
Corruption ,
Cuba ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Securities ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Ecuador ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
Fraud ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Human Rights ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Magnitsky Act ,
National Security ,
Odebrecht ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Peru ,
Power Infrastructure ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SFO ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
US Department of State ,
Whistleblowers ,
World Bank
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS –
SBM Offshore N.V. Agrees to Pay $238 Million to Resolve DOJ FCPA Enforcement Action -
On November 29, 2017, SBM Offshore N.V. (SBM), a Netherlands based company specializing in the...more
12/1/2017
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Extraction Payment Disclosure Rule ,
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Jones Act ,
National Security ,
New Guidance ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Presidential Memorandum ,
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Russia ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SFO ,
Trump Administration ,
UK ,
Ukraine ,
Venezuela ,
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• The House and Senate proposed companion bills that would expand the scope of CFIUS review by broadening the definition of covered transactions to include certain minority investments and joint ventures, among other...more
11/13/2017
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Declaration ,
Filing Fees ,
Foreign Investment ,
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Trump Administration
• The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy published a Green Paper consulting on amendments to UK merger control and public interest intervention legislation to cover gaps in the current framework for...more
On September 19, 2017, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the “Committee”) released its annual report (“Report”) to Congress. One day later, CFIUS also released more limited data on foreign...more
9/27/2017
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• 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
Cree Inc. (“Cree”), the U.S.-based LED lighting and semiconductor company, announced last month that it is terminating its agreement to sell its Wolfspeed Power & RF division (“Wolfspeed”) to Infineon Technologies AG of...more
U.S. lawmakers recently submitted a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) raising concerns about increased Chinese investments in the U.S. film and entertainment industry and questioning whether the Committee...more
On March 9, 2015, following failed diplomatic efforts to bring Venezuela in line with its human rights commitments under international law, President Obama issued an Executive Order (E.O.) declaring Venezuela a national...more
A recent decision by the D.C. Circuit has prompted much speculation about possible changes to the traditionally opaque and secretive national security review process administered by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the...more