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Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

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

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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The Importance of Having a National Security Strategy

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The United States and an increasing number of other countries are evaluating the impact of foreign investment on their countries’ national security posture. Generally, foreign investment regulatory regimes allow regulators to...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

Latham & Watkins LLP

New CFIUS Developments Signal Heightened Attention on Enforcement: 4 Areas to Watch

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The recent developments signal a renewed vigor to protect US national security. This Client Alert highlights the following recent developments relating to national security investment reviews conducted by the Committee on...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

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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Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

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What is CFIUS? CFIUS stands for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. It is a US federal interagency group with authority to review foreign investments in US businesses and certain real estate...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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFIUS Filing Fees Start May 1, 2020

For the first time, starting on May 1, 2020, parties that submit formal notices to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) with respect to covered foreign investment transactions and covered real...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

CFIUS Abruptly Imposes New Notice Filing Fees

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Beginning May 1, 2020, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) will require a filing fee in connection with any formal notice of a “covered transaction” or a “covered real estate transaction.” The...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

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The New CFIUS ‘Geographic Reference Tool’ – Handle With Care

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Released last month by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the Geographic Reference Tool is a useful starting point in determining what constitutes covered real estate transactions, but does not provide...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

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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Proposed CFIUS filing fees for foreign investments announced

For the first time in its history, the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) plans to require the payment of fees in connection with the submission of full notifications for covered foreign...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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

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Uncle Sam Is Watching: New Risks in Making Real Estate Deals With Foreigners

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Beginning this month, the U.S. government can now block foreigners from taking possession of real estate anywhere in the country when it concludes the deal may threaten U.S. national security. In the past, only foreign...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

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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

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[Event] CFIUS Reform Regulations Go Into Effect on February 13: What You Need to Know About the New CFIUS - Feb. 11th, 12:00 pm CT...

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On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which chairs the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), released the final regulations to implement the 2018 CFIUS reform law, the Foreign...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

CFIUS Publishes Final FIRRMA Rules Reflecting Minor Changes and Exceptions to Expanded Jurisdiction

On January 17, the U.S. Treasury Department issued final rules implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (“FIRRMA”), which expanded and clarified the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment...more

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