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”).
Certain transactions closing on or after the Effective Date are now
subject to the expanded power of CFIUS. CFIUS may review, impose
modifications, terminate or even unwind certain transactions if the
national security of the U.S. may be jeopardized. The final CFIUS
regulations may be accessed here (the "CFIUS
Regulations").
We bring the CFIUS Regulations into sharper focus in this
summary and invite you to attend our program on February 27, 2020
at Seyfarth’s New York office. Attendees will hear from
keynote speaker Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Investment
Security, Thomas P. Feddo (who leads the CFIUS rulemaking effort),
former Treasury, CFIUS and government officials, as well as the
author and other practitioners. Our program is
