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How Overseas Investors Can Navigate Broad Reach of Federal Government's CFIUS Real Estate Reviews in the Carolinas

There are more than 500 miles that separate the western, more mountainous region of North Carolina from the U.S. state’s eastern shorelines. It’s an expansive area that, depending on traffic, can take close to 9 hours to...more

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Treasury Department Issues Proposed Rule to Enhance CFIUS Procedures, Enforcement Authorities

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Almost six years after the enactment of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA), the U.S. Department of the Treasury, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS),...more

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The Critical Role of CFIUS in Safeguarding U.S. National Security: Insights and Implications for Technology and Legal...

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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

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The United States Establishes the Foundation for a New Outbound Investment Regime

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In brief. On August 9, 2023, President Biden signed a highly anticipated Executive Order (the “Outbound E.O.”) to establish a U.S. outbound investment regime. The U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) concurrently...more

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National Security and Real Estate: Mind the Gap Between Federal and State Jurisdiction

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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

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CFIUS Looks to Expand Jurisdiction Over Deals Near Sensitive Military Facilities

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department), which chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), published a Proposed Rule on May 5, 2023, in the Federal Register. The Proposed Rule...more

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New Executive Order Directs Consideration of National Security Risks in CFIUS Reviews

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​​​​​​​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

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CFIUS 2021 Annual Report: Considerations for Businesses

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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

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

CFIUS Doesn’t Mean Chinese Companies Can’t Invest In The US

Despite heightened US-China trade tensions and the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruptive effects on the global economy, mergers and acquisitions continue. The US government’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...more

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CFIUS After FIRRMA Implementation: A Crash Course in Assessing and Navigating Risk

On October 15, 2020, the final rule implementing the baseline requirements of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) took effect. This final rule altered the mandatory filing rules of the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFIUS Mandatory Filings for Certain "Critical Technology" Transactions – New Export Controls Test

As anticipated in our prior alert, yesterday the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) published a final rule that ties CFIUS’s mandatory filing requirement for certain “critical technology”...more

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In a Pandemic, CFIUS Needs an Assist to Protect U.S. Businesses

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Heady investments in distressed assets and cutthroat global competition to secure new drugs and vaccines to combat the coronavirus are drawing headlines—and attention from governments....more

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Implementing FIRRMA: CFIUS Publishes Interim Rule on Filing Fees for Voluntary Transaction Notices

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This Interim Rule follows the Proposed Rule on filing fees published by the Committee on March 9, 2020...The Interim Rule also implements one of the last remaining changes to the CFIUS process initiated by the Foreign...more

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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

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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

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Implementing FIRRMA: CFIUS Proposes Filing Fees for Transaction Notices 

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On March 4, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”), released a proposed rule to establish for the first time filing fees for CFIUS...more

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Fees and Loathing at CFIUS: The Committee Imposes Filing Fees, Forces Divestment, and Reportedly Blocks Another Big Deal

For an entity that has historically placed an emphasis on maintaining the secrecy of its proceedings, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS, or the Committee) has recently attracted quite a few...more

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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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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

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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

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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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FIRRMA Regulations Finalized

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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) published two final rules on January 17, 2019, to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) enacted in August 2018. The first...more

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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

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CFIUS' Jurisdiction to Review Foreign Investments Expands Effective February 13, 2020

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The U.S. Treasury Department, on behalf of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) issued two final regulations implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA),...more

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