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Much has been written about the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”), which was enacted on January 1, 2021, and went into effect on January 1, 2024. Briefly, the CTA requires “reporting companies” to disclose beneficial...more
The U.S. federal government is facing a possible shutdown beginning this Sunday, October 1, 2023. Congress has until September 30, which marks the end of the fiscal year, to enact appropriations for government agencies and...more
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce is the government agency that compiles statistics about the U.S. economy, including the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). BEA also compiles statistics...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) recently issued a new Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) that updates CFIUS's interpretation of the "completion date" for a transaction, which represents a...more
Every five years, U.S. companies in which a foreign person or entity holds an ownership interest with a right to vote, representing 10% or more of the company’s equity, are required to file a form with the U.S. Bureau of...more
By May 31, 2023, foreign-owned companies must file Form BE-12 to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”). Form BE-12 is the comprehensive benchmark survey of foreign direct investment in the U.S., which BEA conducts every 5...more
The International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act ("IITSSA"), 22 USC § 3101 requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis (“BEA”) within the U.S. Department of Commerce to conduct a national survey of foreign direct...more
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) went into effect on July 1, 2020, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Access to investment arbitration in the USMCA is subject to more restrictive...more
1. Types of Business Entities - 1.1 Description of the types of entities available in India through which to conduct business: A foreign entity may establish a business presence in India by: • opening a liaison...more
In September and October 2020, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will administer its next mandatory Benchmark Survey of Financial Services Transactions between U.S. Financial Services...more
The BE-10 Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad is a mandatory survey conducted once every five years by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce to obtain current economic data on...more
On May 11, 2020, we issued an Alert on BE-10. Essentially, any US person that owns 10% or more of the voting stock (or equivalent) in a foreign business enterprise at December 31, 2019 is required to file the survey...more
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has governments across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Latin America and the United States quickly evaluating and issuing modified tax-related measures to help support business investments and...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury is currently collecting data from all U.S. persons for its five-year mandatory benchmark survey of foreign ownership of U.S. securities as of June 30, 2019. U.S. issuers and U.S. asset...more
1. Types of Business Entities - 1.1 Description of the types of entities available in India through which to conduct business - A foreign entity may establish a business presence in India by: • opening a liaison...more
• Foreign Investor Forms W-8: An update of Forms W-8 on file for non-U.S. investors is generally recommended by December 31, 2018 to ensure that a date of birth (DOB) and non-U.S. taxpayer identification number (Foreign TIN)...more
CFIUS will continue to have broad jurisdiction to conduct national security reviews of foreign investments that could result in foreign control of a U.S. business. When regulations implementing FIRRMA become effective within...more
The Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce (BEA) requires U.S. businesses in which a foreign person or entity owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more than 10 percent of the voting securities (a...more
For a U.S. business enterprise that has or recently had 10% foreign ownership, May 31, 2018 is an important filing date. That Thursday is the general reporting deadline for submitting to the U.S. Department of Commerce,...more
The U.S. federal securities laws and the rules of U.S. self regulatory organizations (such as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) impose certain reporting and compliance obligations on investment advisers and funds....more
The Commerce Department’s BE-180 Survey of Financial Services Transactions is a mandatory benchmark survey conducted every five years and administered by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (the “BEA”). Reports are required by...more
Every five years, the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the US Department of Commerce (BEA) conducts a survey concerning the extent of investment abroad by US individuals and entities (US persons). In the past, only US persons...more
This article originally was published in the Winter 2015 Edition of the Dechert Private Equity Newsletter but has been updated to reflect recent guidance from the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Affairs (BEA) on...more
In September of 2014, new foreign investment reporting requirements from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) became effective. The new regulations require the BEA to collect data on the acquisition...more