Tag: CFIUS
As CFIUS Announces Significant Penalties, Companies and Investors Confront a Shift in CFIUS Filing Cost-Benefit Dynamics
On the heels of releasing its 2023 Annual Report to Congress, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) publicly announced six new penalties on parties that failed to comply with CFIUS requirements in connection with cross-border transactions. The penalties range from $100,000 to a staggering $60 million fine for T-Mobile’s alleged […]
CFIUS Pilot Program to Require Mandatory Notification of Certain Transactions
On October 10, 2018, the US Department of the Treasury issued a set of interim regulations for a pilot program implementing certain provisions of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018, which President Trump signed into law August 13, 2018. Read full article
M&A Guide to CFIUS: How the Review Process Can Impact Your Transaction
Article 2 of 4 As discussed in a prior article in this series, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is authorized to review certain cross-border mergers, acquisitions and investment transactions and to recommend that the US president take action to mitigate any perceived national security concerns with […]
The Cooley Outlook for 2018 M&A
What’s on tap for 2018 M&A? A recap of 2017 trends and the Cooley outlook on this year’s dealmaking: Buying Innovation: Retention and Non-Competes. For both old-line companies and tech giants, innovation is the name of the game. It is often difficult for large companies to foster innovation organically for […]
M&A Guide to CFIUS: How the Review Process Can Impact Your Transaction
Article 1 of 4 The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or “the Committee”) has received much attention over the past several months for its role in blocking two separate Chinese acquisitions of US semiconductor companies. In September 2017, President Trump issued an Executive Order prohibiting Canyon Bridge Capital […]
Newly-Released Data Reveal 50% Increase in CFIUS Filings Over Prior Year
Each year, the US government releases a public version of a classified report to Congress summarizing the government’s confidential review of certain foreign investments in the United States. The entity responsible for the report is an obscure committee of federal agencies and offices with national security responsibilities. Collectively, the members of the […]