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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

After Referral from CFIUS President Biden Prohibits the Purchase of Wyoming Real Estate and Cryptocurrency Facility

On May 13, 2024, President Biden, acting on a transaction referred to him from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), took the unusual step of ordering the prohibition of a real estate acquisition...more

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European Distressed Real Estate - How Will It Play Out This Time?

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BCLP’s Pan-European Real Estate team hosted a round-table event on 27 February 2024 with several Managing Directors at Alvarez & Marsal to discuss the European commercial real estate market, including the latest developments...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

2023 Foreign Direct Investment Year End Update: Continued Expansion of FDI Regulations

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As previously reported, regulations and restrictions on Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) have expanded quickly in the United States and in many of its trading partner countries around the world. FDI has been further...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Foreign Investment In Real Estate Is Getting More Complicated

On May 5, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to add eight military installations to the list of sites around which the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has jurisdiction to...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

CFIUS Updates: New FAQs Clarify Positions; Possible Expansion of Scope of Real Estate Review

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In our recent article Amid TikTok Tensions, CFIUS Signals Increased Enforcement and Other Updates, we discussed updates from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or “the Committee”) primarily with...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

CFIUS Expands Jurisdiction Over—and States Restrict Chinese Investment in—Real Estate

On May 5, 2023, the Department of the Treasury issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to add eight military installations to the list of sites around which CFIUS has jurisdiction to review real estate transactions. This is...more

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Securities Class Action Against Swiss-Based Company Dismissed On Forum Non Conveniens Grounds

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Securities Class Action Against Swiss-Based Company Dismissed On Forum Non Conveniens Grounds; Second Circuit Finds Strong Inference of “Conscious Recklessness” In Allegations And Reverses Dismissal of Securities Suit Against...more

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New Filing Fees in Connection with CFIUS Review of Foreign Participation in U.S. Real Estate Transactions

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Real estate transactions subject to Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review, including those involving foreign participation through investment, acquisition, or management of U.S. real property or...more

Morgan Lewis

CFIUS’s Final Real Estate Regulations: Still a Largely Voluntary Process

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The CFIUS real estate regulations reflect a new emphasis on real estate transactions based on proximity to military installations and certain critical infrastructure, requiring careful analysis when deciding whether a real...more

K2 Integrity

FAQs on CFIUS and FIRRMA

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What is CFIUS? The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee charged with reviewing transactions involving foreign investment in the U.S. and certain real estate transactions for...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

The U.S.A Continues to be AML/BSA “Vulnerable”

The U.S. Department of the Treasury 2020 Strategy (National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing released on February 6, 2020) describes ongoing significant AML/CFT threats. ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFIUS Proposes Filing Fees

To further implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”), the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has issued proposed regulations that would require parties to...more

White & Case LLP

CFIUS Update: Treasury Proposes CFIUS Filing Fees & President Trump Blocks Another Transaction

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The regulations implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), which significantly expanded the jurisdiction and authorities of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...more

Hogan Lovells

Foreign investment in Australia’s energy and resources sector

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Introduction - This guide is intended to supplement our popular Foreign Investment in Australia guide and has been drafted with the intention of providing an overview of the specific considerations a foreign person who is...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Final Regulations Go Into Effect for CFIUS Jurisdiction Expansion

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The U.S. Department of Treasury has issued final regulations, which became effective February 13, 2020, implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA)....more

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Final CFIUS Regulations Became Effective in February 2020

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February 13, 2020 was the effective date (the “Effective Date”) for final regulations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”)....more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

What is Next after BSA turns 50?

On 2/6/2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the 2020 National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing (2020 Strategy).  The purpose of the 2020 Strategy is to...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Final Regulations on Expanded Authority of CFIUS to Review Foreign Investor Transactions Go into Effect

Eighteen months after President Trump signed the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (“FIRRMA”) which broadened the power of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) to review foreign...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New CFIUS Rules – Eight Key Points

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") issued final regulations on January 13, 2020 to comprehensively implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 ("FIRRMA") (the...more

Dechert LLP

Implementing FIRRMA: CFIUS’ Real Estate Final Regulations

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On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”), issued a final set of regulations (“Real Estate Final Regulations”) to...more

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CFIUS 2.0: Treasury Releases Comprehensive Rewrite of CFIUS Regulations, Flood of Filings Expected in 2020

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On September 17, 2019, the Treasury Department, on behalf of the full Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, released the long-awaited comprehensive draft regulations to implement the Foreign Investment Risk...more

White & Case LLP

European Real Estate Finance: Recent developments – June 2019

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As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more

Dechert LLP

Investment Funds Update – Europe: Legal and regulatory updates for the funds industry from the key asset management centres and...

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Parliament Adopts Law on Register of Beneficial Owners - Parliament has adopted the law of 13 January 2019 establishing a register of beneficial owners....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 - impact on real estate investments

Within the omnibus John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (2019 NDAA) that the president signed into law on August 13, 2018, is the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA),...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Expansion Of CFIUS Review To Real Estate: Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act Of 2018

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 13, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (the “Act”), (i) expanding the scope of transactions which the Committee of Foreign...more

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