Tag Archives: Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Talk to the Experts: Multi-country M&A Is Getting More Complex: Evolving FDI Regimes Across the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the US

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in EU, Events, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), France, Germany, United Kingdom, US
International M&A practitioners are used to dealing with CFIUS for any transaction involving assets in the US. The Europeans M&A practitioners are, however, catching up, and many multijurisdictional deals will now face clearance in a number of countries. The latest addition to the list, the UK National Security and Investment Bill, is broad in scope … Continue Reading

CFIUS: Interim Rule Establishes Filing Fees as of May 1, 2020

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in CFIUS Case Summaries, COVID-19 Coronavirus
UPDATE:  On April 29, 2020, the US Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) issued an interim rule, effective May 1, 2020, concerning applicable filing fees for formal notice filings with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or Committee), essentially implementing the proposed rule issued on March 9, 2020.… Continue Reading

COMPLIANCE2020 ᵀᴹ Webinar – Emerging and Foundational Technologies and CFIUS for Export Compliance Professionals

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Events, Export Controls & Sanctions, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Technology Transfer, US Regulation
In a rapidly changing business environment, the trade compliance practitioner’s expertise will be needed to safely navigate mergers, acquisitions and different types of partnerships with foreign entities.… Continue Reading

BIS Amends Regulations Governing Export and Reexport of Geospatial Imaging Software

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Export Controls & Sanctions, Technology Transfer
On January 6, 2020, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to make software specially designed to automate the analysis of geospatial imagery subject to the EAR and to impose a requirement of a license for the export and reexport of such software. The … Continue Reading

CFIUS Authority Expanded Via FIRRMA Implementing Regulations

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in CFIUS Case Summaries, US Regulation
UPDATE:  An annotated form of the full list of covered investment critical infrastructure and functions related to covered investment critical infrastructure as proposed by CFIUS that is referenced below is now available under the CFIUS Resources section of this blog. On September 17, 2019, the US Department of the Treasury issued proposed regulations to implement the … Continue Reading

Advice for Chinese Companies: How to Cope with Strengthened US Export Controls and CFIUS – Seminars in Shanghai and Beijing – October 2019

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in China, Events, Export Controls & Sanctions, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), US
Keep US Open to Chinese Business: 维持一个对华企业开放的美国： How to Cope With Strengthened US Export Controls and CFIUS 应对日趋严格的美国出口管制和CFIUS审查的实务指南 Friday, October 11, 2019 – Shanghai (2019 年10月11日，周五 – 上海) Tuesday, October 15, 2019 – Beijing (2019 年10月15日，周二 – 北京)… Continue Reading

CFIUS Reform: House and Senate Committees Unanimously Clear Bills That Would Greatly Expand CFIUS Authority

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in China, US, US Regulation
On May 22, shortly before the US Memorial Day holiday weekend, the US House and Senate committees with jurisdictions over foreign investments in the US unanimously passed their respective legislations that would greatly expand the authority bestowed on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). The bipartisan, bicameral effort introduced the Foreign … Continue Reading

Proposed CFIUS Law Will Impose New Export Controls on US Businesses

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in Trade Policy & Market Access, US, US Regulation
The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017 (S. 2098/H.R. 4311, FIRRMA for short) was introduced in Congress to reform the national security review of foreign acquisitions of US businesses by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee). However, FIRRMA extends well beyond this purpose of reviewing acquisitions … Continue Reading

Proposed Bill to Assess Chinese Acquisitions of US Financial Services Company and Temporarily Halt Pending Acquisitions

By Trade Practitioner on Posted in China, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), US, US Regulation
On November 2, 2017, Representative Christopher Smith (R-NJ), introduced a bill that would “authorize a review of financial services industry requirements of the People’s Republic of China and the implications of such requirements on national security interests of the United States.” (H.R. 4235, 115th Congress, Nov. 2, 2017).  The bill would require the Secretary of … Continue Reading
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