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NCSC Warns U.S. Startups and Investors of Foreign Bad Actors with Money to Spend

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Last week, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (“NCSC”), the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technologies (“OESET”) and other coordinating government agencies issued a warning to U.S. venture...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Road Ahead for Private Equity: Reflections and Predictions

The year 2023 will be remembered as a challenging one for private equity (PE), with complexities to navigate on many fronts. Traditional debt financing was expensive and scarce, expectations on valuations were tricky to...more

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U.S. Government Announces Ban on U.S. investments in China High Tech Sectors

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On August 14, 2023, pursuant to a Presidential executive order issued several days earlier, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the Proposed Rulemaking) announcing a ban on...more

Jones Day

2021 Transactional Year in Review and 2022 Forecast: New Data Privacy Law in China

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China passed its new Data Security Law ("DSL") in June 2021 and its new Personal Information Protection Law ("PIPL") in August 2021. Both new laws impact every business operating in or doing business with China, coupling...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Foreign Investment Controls - Are We Seeing a More Nuanced Approach to Private Equity?

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Amid FDI screening regime expansion, deal teams have opportunities to capitalise on newly available exemptions, but must beware novel complexities. US intervention in the proposed acquisition of hotel-software company...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Impact Of U.S.-China Trade Tensions And U.S. National Security Concerns On PE Funds

Heightened U.S. national security concerns and trade tensions with China have resulted in new and expanded U.S. regulations that have created barriers for Chinese buyers seeking to acquire assets in the U.S. A number of years...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New Foreign Investment Regime Moves China Closer To International Standards For PE Investments

China’s new foreign investment regime introduced by the Foreign Investment Law (“FIL”) and its implementation rules, which came into effect on January 1, 2020, should allow PE funds to invest in Chinese domestic companies on...more

White & Case LLP

Outlook for M&A in Israel: Execs expect the bull run to continue: Four trends set to define 2019 and beyond

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Our research suggests that M&A activity involving Israeli companies is set to remain strong during 2019 and beyond, despite potential challenges from slower global growth and both regional and international political...more

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2018: A turbulent transition year for venture capital and private equity investors in China

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After reaching record highs in 2017, private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) backed investments faced a downturn in 2018, as stricter regulations, a change in the PE/VC landscape, and a rise in the popularity of M&A...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

CFIUS: China Deals That Can Still Be Done

The Trump Administration is making China deals more difficult. But business has to get done, and companies are finding ways to make progress even under the new CFIUS rules. China deals are harder to do under the Trump...more

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Global M&A Trends that Could Propel the Robust M&A Market through 2019

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At a recent media roundtable in New York, partners from Hogan Lovells’ global M&A and Regulatory practices outlined trends that could propel the healthy deal environment forward through 2019....more

Troutman Pepper

The Great Wall for China

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Today, given the climate for trade, the “America First” policy of the current administration and the concern across Europe regarding protection of its key industries, the scope of review of transactions and industries that...more

Dechert LLP

The Coming Storm? CFIUS Reform and Considerations for Private Equity

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As the United States Congress debates new legislation to strengthen reviews of cross-border transactions for potential national security concerns, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New Regulations Increase Uncertainties Regarding Chinese Investments in Offshore Funds

On March 1, 2018, the Administrative Measures for Outbound Investments by Enterprises (“Circular 11”) issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (the “NDRC”) went into effect. In addition to regulating direct...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

China Simplifies Its Legal Administration of Foreign Direct Investments

In order to implement the State Counsel’s decision issued on September 3, 2016 (State Counsel’s Decision), which simplifies the original substantive review and approval process (Approval System) to a new simple filing system...more

Dechert LLP

Private Equity Newsletter - Summer 2015 Edition: Where’s the Exit? New Opportunities in China for Private Equity Firms

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It has long been a well established exit route in developed markets for a private equity firm to sell its interest in a portfolio company to a listed company in exchange for shares in that listed company. Until recently, this...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Distribution in China – Legal Issues

McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to offer “Distribution in China – Legal Issues*,” a one-stop resource covering distribution in China, including: The business models and legal structures most commonly used for...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

China’s Supreme Court Ruling in Haifu v. Shiheng Changes the Landscape for Value Adjustment Mechanisms in Onshore Private Equity...

The Supreme People’s Court of China (the “Supreme Court”) rendered its final judgment on November 7, 2012, in the Haifu Investment Co., Ltd. v. Gansu Shiheng Nonferrous Resources Recycle Company Limited (“Haifu v. Shiheng”)....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2013 Insights: Global M&A

M&A activity in 2012 continued to be constrained by uncertain macroeconomic conditions, which have dampened dealmakers’ confidence. Although there were several bright spots in transactional activity, momentum was difficult to...more

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