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- The New CFIUS Final Regulations Implementing Expanded Authorities Issued
The New CFIUS: Final Regulations Implementing Expanded Authorities Issued
January 14, 2020, Covington Alert
The institutional transformation of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or “the Committee”) that commenced more than two years ago with the introduction in Congress of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) now is largely complete with the issuance of the highly anticipated final regulations implementing FIRRMA (the Regulations) on January 13, 2020. The Regulations will become effective February 13, 2020.
March 9, 2020, Covington Alert
As we reported this past Friday, on March 6, 2020, President Trump issued only the sixth Executive Order (the “Order”) in history formally prohibiting the acquisition of a U.S. business by a foreign person, pursuant to the authorities that allow the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) to review foreign mergers and ...
The Department of the Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations to Impose Fees for Certain CFIUS Filings
March 4, 2020, Covington Alert
Filing fees — one of the long awaited (and dreaded) innovations of the 2018 Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) that has transformed the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) — have finally arrived. For more than 30 years, transactions could be submitted to CFIUS for review without a fee payable to the federal ...
January 2020
For over 30 years, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) focused on a narrow subset of M&A transactions and investments. That era is coming to an end. Covington is monitoring developments: The Department of the Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations to Impose Fees for Certain CFIUS Filings, Covington Alert, ...