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Last week, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) released its 2022 Annual Report to Congress. CFIUS reported a record 440 filings in 2022.

Navigating the complex landscape of foreign investment review is crucial for private equity (PE) firms operating in an international landscape.

On August 9, 2023, the Biden Administration released a long-awaited Executive Order ("EO") establishing an outbound investment review program (the "Program")...

On August 9, 2023, the Biden Administration took the first significant steps towards implementing a new regime to restrict and regulate U.S. investments in certain Chinese technology sectors.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order revoking and replacing former President Donald Trump's executive orders that sought to ban several foreign-owned apps, including TikTok and WeChat, from the U.S. market.

In response to Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, there have been calls for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review the transaction.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") recently released its Annual Report to Congress.

On May 5, 2023, the U.S. Department of Treasury, the agency tasked with administering the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), published a Proposed Rule...

Robotic exoskeletons may augment human strength, endurance, and mobility. The latest CFIUS action has all the makings of a Terminator movie.

On April 11, the U.S. Treasury Department promulgated a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) amending the regulations that govern the operations of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)...

The CHIPS and Science Act implementation has evolved significantly, with the CHIPS Program Office expanding beyond semiconductor fabrication to strengthen supply chains, while the CHIPS Research and Development Office accelerates funding for quantum computing and advanced R&D projects. Two major funding opportunities are currently open: CPO's Notice of Funding Opportunity for semiconductor materials and manufacturing equipment facilities, and CRDO's Broad Agency Announcement for semiconductor R&D projects,

The controls will significantly alter the export control landscape for R&D work and technology transfers.

On October 10, 2018, the Department of the Treasury, which oversees the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS"),

Technology investment is getting harder. A few years ago, strategic and private equity technology acquisitions, multinational joint venture creation, and cross-border R&D collaboration were not only relatively straightforward, ...

The front-runner in Peru's Presidential run-off election, Pedro Castillo, has vowed to extract substantially more in payments from mining companies, renegotiate tax stabilization agreements, or potentially even nationalize the mining industry.

The Pilot Program, recently announced by CFIUS, mandates filing declarations with CFIUS in connection with certain foreign investments in U.S. businesses that possess "critical technology."

In what likely portends enforcement actions in the near future, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published its first ever CFIUS Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines (the "Guidelines").

On January 19, 2021, the Department of Commerce ("Commerce") published an interim final rule, "Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain," ("ICTS Rule")...