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Colin Costello

Colin Costello

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Freshfields LLP

Freshfields LLP

United States • International trade and national security

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CFIUS

Led by the highly-regarded Aimen Mir, the Freshfields LLP CFIUS practice continues to make notable strides within the market. Based in Washington D.C., Mir leans upon over a decade of experience in policy-shaping roles within U.S. national security frameworks, he has a wealth of knowledge of CFIUS-related processes. Mir is supported in D.C. by Christine Laciak who, alongside some talented junior lawyers such as Colin Costello, forms a formidable team capable of handling complex, cross-border matters that are CFIUS-sensitive. The team, due to their insight into CFIUS regulation and processes, are able to gain approval on numerous difficult transactions, as well as coordinating global CFIUS reviews due to the firm’s international reach.
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Work Department
Antitrust, Competition, and Trade
Position

CFIUS Advisor

Career

Colin is a CFIUS client advisor in our national security practice, based in Washington, DC. Colin has been at the forefront of U.S. government deliberations over threats associated with foreign investment for nearly a decade.  Colin calls on his deep understanding of U.S. national security policy, foreign threats, and process knowledge to advise clients on navigating national security reviews of foreign investments conducted by the interagency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, Team Telecom, and other national security regulatory processes.

Prior to joining Freshfields, Colin served as the Acting Director of the National Intelligence Council, Investment Security Group within the Office of Director of National Intelligence. Colin led the Intelligence Community’s analytic support to CFIUS and served as the Intelligence Community’s primary representative to CFIUS, participating in every CFIUS review since March 2013.  He also led the Intelligence Community’s support for the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector (known as Team Telecom) and other foreign investment regulatory processes.

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Key clients

  • Infineon AG Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Honeywell International Inc. One Equity Partners Volkswagen AG Viterra Limited Suzano S.A. ABB Ltd. Quantinuum

Work highlights

Advising Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (“HPE”) on its $14bn acquisition of Juniper Networks Inc. This includes providing global advice on foreign investment review requirements and coordinating the submission of filings in 16 jurisdictions.