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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

REPO for Ukrainians Act Provides for the ‘Repurposing’ of Seized Russian Sovereign Assets

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On April 24, 2024, President Joe Biden signed into law a high-profile package of national security legislation (Public Law 118-50). While most press reports focused on the spending elements of the package (appropriating funds...more

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U.S. Government Agrees to Remove Xiaomi from Communist Chinese Military Company List; American Exchanges Delist Others

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On May 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) agreed to remove Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. from its list of “Communist Chinese Military Companies” (CCMC). DOD identified Xiaomi as a CCMC on January 14, 2021,...more

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New Rules Expand CFIUS Jurisdiction Over Foreign Investment in U.S. Businesses and Real Estate

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is an interagency committee that reviews mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers by foreign persons of U.S. companies and assets that have the potential to pose...more

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Jones Day Talks: Italy Embraces Foreign investment but Maintains Oversight

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Italy is ranked one of the top destinations for investment in the European union. Still, the Italian government wields the authority to review, and even prevent, investments by foreign entities seeking assets in certain...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Shaking up Terra FIRRMA: Implications of CFIUS Reform for Tech and Life Sciences Companies

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The shadow cast over the technology industry by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has been growing in recent years, resulting in the blocking of various high-profile technology deals—including Broadcom’s...more

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New U.S. Law on Foreign Investment Further Complicates Future Chinese Investments in the United States

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On August 13, 2018, the President signed into law new legislation that will impose heightened oversight of investments by Chinese persons in U.S. businesses. The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA)...more

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The CFIUS Reform Legislation—FIRRMA—Will Become Law on August 13, 2018

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

On FIRRMA Ground: Congress to Restrict Foreign Investment and Expand Export Controls

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This week, there were reports that the Trump Administration would use emergency powers to restrict Chinese investment in the United States. On Wednesday, the White House backed away from that position after the House of...more

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