Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
Overview
For foreign companies investing in the United States, as well as for the U.S.-based businesses that they seek to acquire, obtaining clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) — which reviews the national security implications of certain foreign investments in the United States — involves a process that can be complex and opaque. The International Trade Group at Crowell & Moring includes lawyers who know the CFIUS process inside and out — through representing companies in the CFIUS process and in sitting on CFIUS through prior government service — and understand what companies need to do to gain approval for their transactions.
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.26.24
CFIUS Proposes Enhanced Enforcement and Mitigation Rules and Steeper Penalties for Non-Compliance
On April 11, 2024, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) announced proposed amendments to its enforcement and mitigation regulations, marking the first substantive update to CFIUS’s mitigation and enforcement provisions since the enactment of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018. The Committee issued a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM”) that would modify the regulations that apply to certain investments and acquisitions, as well as real estate transactions, by foreign persons as follows:
Client Alert | 8 min read | 08.16.23
Client Alert | 2 min read | 10.27.22
Press Coverage | 09.16.22
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 04.26.24
CFIUS Proposes Enhanced Enforcement and Mitigation Rules and Steeper Penalties for Non-Compliance
On April 11, 2024, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) announced proposed amendments to its enforcement and mitigation regulations, marking the first substantive update to CFIUS’s mitigation and enforcement provisions since the enactment of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018. The Committee issued a notice of proposed rulemaking ("NPRM”) that would modify the regulations that apply to certain investments and acquisitions, as well as real estate transactions, by foreign persons as follows:
Client Alert | 8 min read | 08.16.23
Client Alert | 2 min read | 10.27.22
Press Coverage | 09.16.22