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The Now and Next in International Trade: 5 Fast Facts About CFIUS – a National Security Agency You Should Know
CFIUS continued to have a busy year in 2018, and CFIUS reveals first available data about the declaration process under the new Pilot Program. On May 16, 2020, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) published two final rules on January 17, 2019, to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) enacted in August 2018. The first...more
The most pressing question around the new FIRRMA regulations is “Will my transaction be covered?” To provide a bit of guidance on that point, we present an illustration from our upcoming Second Edition of The CFIUS Book due...more
A Summary and a Business Decision-Maker's Chart for the Path Forward - On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued final rules fully implementing the new powers granted to the Committee on Foreign...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the committee), a U.S. government interagency committee that conducts national security reviews of foreign investments, has released its annual report for...more
The number of CFIUS notices filed is growing, more cases are extending into an investigation phase, and instances of pulling and refiling CFIUS notices are increasing. On November 22, 2019, the Committee on Foreign...more
The Situation: The U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") proposed regulations that expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS" or the "Committee") to review foreign...more
CFIUS has offered a one-month comment period for proposed rulemaking to implement provisions of CFIUS legislation passed in August 2018. More than a year ago, in August 2018, US President Donald Trump signed the Foreign...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
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has now released for public comment its long awaited proposed regulations (“Proposed Regulations”) to implement the landmark Foreign Investment Risk Review...more
The national security implications of corporate deals involving foreign investors continues to be a headline-grabbing topic, now more than ever as the United States engages in heated trade negotiations with China amidst...more
When it was enacted in August 2018, the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) overhauled the US law governing CFIUS national security reviews for the first time in 11 years. Many of FIRRMA’s most...more
As has been widely reported, the U.S. federal government partially shut down at midnight on December 22, 2018. While the shutdown continues to impact numerous government agencies and related constituencies, a key shutdown for...more
In this episode, Akin Gump international trade partners Tatman Savio and Christian Davis discuss the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) and how the new Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act...more
• Mandatory declarations of certain transactions now required • Certain changes to pre-existing regulations also announced and effective immediately • Mandatory declaration requirement may not ease burden on parties...more
Pilot Program Mandatory Filing Requirement – Private Investment Fund Considerations - The potential for national security review of foreign investment in the U.S. has been around for 30 years since the 1988 enactment of...more
The Department of the Treasury recently released interim rules establishing a pilot program under the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) that mandates filings for foreign investments in certain...more
A little more than two months after the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”) was signed into law, the United States Department of the Treasury (has invoked its new authority under the FIRRMA to...more
As of November 10, 2018, foreign investors making acquisitions and equity investments into many U.S. businesses will be required to file their investments with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...more
Program requires parties to submit to CFIUS notice of certain foreign investments in US businesses involved in specified critical technologies at least 45 days prior to closing. Key Points: ..The US Treasury Department...more
Earlier than expected, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has announced new interim rules—effective November 10, 2018, pursuant to the recently enacted Foreign Investment Risk Reduction...more
• On October 10, 2018, CFIUS announced a pilot program that implements significant provisions of FIRRMA. The program becomes effective November 10, 2018. • Under the program, CFIUS jurisdiction will be expanded to cover...more
• On October 10, 2018, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States put into effect the first mandatory filing requirement ever imposed by CFIUS. The Department of Treasury’s summary of the Pilot Program is...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), yesterday issued temporary regulations in connection with the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act...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