Podcast: CFIUS Update: Key Takeaways from the FIRRMA Implementing Regulations
Podcast: CFIUS: Recent Regulatory Developments
JONES DAY TALKS®: Proposed Regs Implement FIRRMA, Expand CFIUS’s Jurisdiction Over Foreign Investments
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
On July 8, 2024, the Office of Investment Security (Department of the Treasury) published a proposed rule to expand CFIUS’s current restrictions on foreign investment in U.S. real estate to cover many additional government...more
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
What is a CFIUS filing, when should it be made, and what happens if a party fails to file? In passing the Foreign Investment and Risk Review Modernization Act in 2018, Congress provided CFIUS with increased resources to...more
On April 15, 2024, the secretary of the Department of the Treasury, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or Committee), published a notice of proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) to...more
On Thursday, April 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking aimed at increasing the penalty and enforcement powers of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...more
Editor’s Note: The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) plays a pivotal role in regulating foreign investments in American companies, particularly those that could impact national security. This...more
On July 31, 2023, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the “Committee”) released its Annual Report for 2022. Overall, the statistics indicate that CFIUS is taking more time to finish its review...more
In July 2023, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the “Committee”) released its Annual Report to Congress covering calendar year 2022. Although the Report’s data lags a bit, given we are eight...more
On July 31, 2023, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or “the Committee”) released its annual report to Congress of the Committee’s national security reviews and investigations of certain foreign...more
Jurisdictional limits on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) regarding the review of certain real estate transactions have led Congress to introduce proposals expanding its jurisdiction and...more
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
Following enactment of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) updated its regulations to include three significant changes:...more
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress is set to introduce a bill that if enacted would direct the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to consider the needs of the agriculture industry when...more
Heading into 2023, U.S. companies in search of foreign investors and foreign parties considering investments in U.S. enterprises have new tools available to assist in their deliberations whether the Committee on Foreign...more
On September 15, 2022, President Biden issued Executive Order 14083 (“EO 14083”) that the White House describes as a “first-ever presidential directive defining additional national security factors for CFIUS to consider in...more
Key Points - EO 14083 provides updated guidance to CFIUS regarding its consideration of U.S. national security risk factors and is aimed at confronting evolving and emerging threats to U.S. technological leadership, U.S....more
President Joseph Biden’s recently issued Executive Order provides guidance related to the US national security foreign direct investment review process administered by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States....more
On September 15, 2022, President Biden signed an executive order (EO) directing consideration of certain national security factors by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or "the Committee")...more
On September 15, 2022, President Joe Biden issued an executive order (EO) “on ensuring robust consideration of evolving national security risks” by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the...more
President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (E.O.) on Sept. 15, 2022, clarifying and elaborating key U.S. industries and business sectors that should expect heightened regulatory scrutiny from the Committee on Foreign...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury, in its role as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), released the public version of its Annual Report to Congress for Calendar Year 2021 (Annual...more
Key Points - According to CFIUS’s recently-released Annual Report for 2021, the total number of CFIUS filings increased significantly year-on-year, with transactions involving Chinese investors more than doubling compared...more
Background CFIUS is an interagency committee, principally comprising of nine members and chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury, which has broad powers to review foreign investments in and acquisitions of U.S. businesses to...more
Editor’s Note: On July 27, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the topic of Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) compliance. CFIUS is a U.S. government interagency committee with the...more