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Mayer Brown

CFIUS Proposes Rule to Expand its Real Estate Transaction Purview

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On July 8, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury, in its capacity as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), published a proposed rule that would expand the list of national security...more

Dechert LLP

Finally, An Update on Outbound Investment

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Almost a year after President Biden signed an Executive Order to establish a U.S. outbound investment regime, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) on U.S. outbound...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Know Thy Neighbor as Thyself: CFIUS Considerations in Commercial Real Estate Transactions

While many venture capitalists and private equity sponsors are aware the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has authority to review inbound investments in certain sensitive U.S. industries, many...more

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What Dealmakers Should Know about Congress’ Wish List for CFIUS

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Congress continues to put pressure on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”), increasingly informing the context in which the Committee conducts its work. Last week, for...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Eight New Bases Officially Added to CFIUS’s Real Estate Jurisdiction

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As we have discussed previously, proximity to sensitive U.S. Department of Defense military bases and operations, such as testing ranges, is an important element of many reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the...more

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Recent Changes in the CFIUS Evaluation Process

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Recently the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”, or the “Committee”) announced three changes that impact how the Committee evaluates foreign investments in U.S. businesses. While the changes appear...more

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CFIUS, Congress and State Legislatures Respond to Foreign Investments in U.S. Real Estate

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Recent acquisitions of land by foreign buyers have sparked concern that the current jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review such transactions is not broad enough. CFIUS,...more

Hogan Lovells

Proposed rule would expand CFIUS’s jurisdiction regarding U.S. real estate

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On May 5, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in its role as the chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would (i) expand by...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

CFIUS Seeks to Expand Its Jurisdiction After High-Profile Real Estate Purchases

On May 4, 2023, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) published a proposed rule that would update CFIUS’s current real estate-specific regulations to add eight military installations. Broadly,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

CFIUS Proposes to Expand Its Jurisdiction After High-Profile Real Estate Purchases

On May 4, 2023, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) published a proposed rule that would update CFIUS’s current real estate-specific regulations to add eight military installations. Broadly,...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States: Key Questions Answered

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) evaluates the US national security impact of acquisitions of "control" by foreign persons of US businesses. ...more

Holland & Knight LLP

CFIUS Says Chinese Investment in North Dakota Agricultural Land Is Outside Its Jurisdiction

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Fufeng USA Inc. (Fufeng USA), a subsidiary of Chinese food manufacturer Fufeng Group Ltd. (Fufeng Group), announced on Dec. 13, 2022, that after an "extensive two-phase review," the Committee on Foreign Investment in the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Key Points from the CFIUS Annual Report for Calendar Year 2021

Last month, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) released its Annual Report to Congress covering 2021. The key takeaway is that CFIUS is more active than ever, subjecting a record number of...more

Morgan Lewis

Revisiting CFIUS Jurisdiction Over Real Estate Transactions

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Concerns are growing over the national security impact of real estate purchases by foreign persons, only a small portion of which are reviewed by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). These...more

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Increased certainty concerning the UK’s National Security & Investment Act transaction screening regime

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November has seen a number of developments in preparation for full implementation on 4 January 2022 of the UK’s new investment screening regime, the National Security & Investment Act. The Government has updated and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Reminder Regarding the Jurisdictional Reach and Limits of U.S. Export Control, Sanctions, and Foreign Investment Regulations

United States export control, sanctions, and foreign investment (CFIUS) regulations advance U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, but in very different ways. They are also quite complex. As a result, media...more

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Exceptions to Coverage for “Excluded” Foreign Investors and States and Investment Funds From the Expanded CFIUS Jurisidiction

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As discussed in the initial article on the new CFIUS regulations, there are two important exceptions from coverage that need to be evaluated in determining what, if any, steps need to be taken to ensure compliance with the...more

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CFIUS Begins Review Process for Real Estate Transactions by a Foreign Investor

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Growing concern about foreign surveillance and intelligence gathering led Congress to provide CFIUS with authority to review real estate transactions by foreign parties when it passed FIRRMA... Prior to FIRRMA, CFIUS began to...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

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

CFIUS finalizes expanded jurisdiction over foreign transactions in U.S. real estate

On January 17, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department published final rules in the Federal Register implementing the Foreign Risk Review Modernization Act (“FIRRMA”), one of which implements FIRRMA’s provisions regarding foreign...more

White and Williams LLP

Final Regulations Expanding CFIUS Jurisdiction Over Investments by Foreign Persons

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On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department issued final regulations (the Regulations) expanding the scope of foreign investments subject to review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...more

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New CFIUS Regulations Finally Take Effect

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After a few years of debating and making into law, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) regulations implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) took effect on Feb. 13,...more

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Alert: CFIUS Update: Final Regulations Implement FIRRMA

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The US Department of the Treasury has issued two final regulations implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 ("FIRRMA"). The final regulations broadly expand the jurisdiction of the Committee...more

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New Treasury Department Regulations Expand CFIUS Authority

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently published final regulations to further implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA“) and to better address national security concerns resulting...more

Hogan Lovells

New CFIUS Rules Potentially Impacting Nuclear Foreign Investment

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After over a year of anticipation, in January the U.S. Treasury Department released its final regulations that revise the jurisdiction and rules for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ (CFIUS), following...more

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