This year’s M&A Report offers a detailed review of the M&A market and outlook, including a breakdown by various geographies and industry sectors. We examine what might be in store with antitrust and CFIUS under the Trump...more
2/13/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
CFIUS ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Defense Strategies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Information Reports ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Merger Controls ,
Merger Reviews ,
Mergers ,
Premerger Notifications ,
Private Equity ,
Purchase Price ,
Purchase Price Adjustment ,
Venture Capital
In 2024, the Biden Administration substantially expanded executive branch power to monitor foreign investment into and out of the United States. First, the administration continued efforts to aggressively police compliance...more
2/13/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Mergers ,
National Security ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
With the publication of a recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), the Department of Justice National Security Division will soon become an important new regulator of transactions involving the transfer of sensitive U.S....more
10/29/2024
/ Biden Administration ,
China ,
Civil Investigation Demand ,
Comment Period ,
Compliance ,
Covered Person ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Data Retention ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Executive Orders ,
International Data Transfers ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Russia ,
Sensitive Personal Information
Following a series of public reports, the United States appears close to announcing a new regulatory process to scrutinize US “outbound” investment to countries presenting national security challenges. ...more
2/22/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
CFIUS ,
Compliance ,
Covered Transactions ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Foreign Investment ,
Mergers ,
NAICS ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Outbound Transactions ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements
The US Department of the Treasury recently published for public comment two proposed regulations that will expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and make substantive...more
9/27/2019
/ CFIUS ,
Covered Transactions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Export Controls ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Investment ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
U.S. Treasury
Despite generally favorable macroeconomic conditions, high levels of cash among strategic acquirers and low interest rates, the number of reported M&A transactions and deal value worldwide both declined for the second...more