07 Nov, 2024 Instant Reaction — CFIUS Under Trump II: Back to the Future By Aimen Mir Brian Reissaus Christine Laciak Colin Costello +1 more... Show less The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has aggressively pursued its national security mandate under the Biden...
05 Nov, 2024 Proposed Rule would Ban Connected Vehicles and Related Vehicle Components from Chinese and Russian suppliers in the US Market By Aimen Mir Brian Reissaus Christine Laciak Colin Costello Mark Appleton Andrew Gabel +3 more... Show less 1. Summary and Overview of the Proposed Rule Summary The Biden administration released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed...
27 Jun, 2024 U.S. Outbound Investment Restrictions on the Horizon – What You Need to Know By Aimen Mir Brian Reissaus Christine Laciak Colin Costello Timothy Swartz Mark Appleton Andrew Gabel +4 more... Show less On June 21, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement President Biden’s...
17 Apr, 2024 Proposed Changes to CFIUS Regulations Continue Its Shift Towards a More Enforcement-Focused Mission By Aimen Mir Colin Costello Christine Laciak On 11 April 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”), in its capacity as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in...
14 Mar, 2024 New Executive Order Targets Foreign Access to Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data By Brock Dahl Aimen Mir Christine Lyon Timothy Howard Brian Reissaus Andrew Gabel Christine Chong +4 more... Show less What is the headline? On February 28, 2024, the Biden administration released Executive Order (EO) 14117 and an Advance Notice of...
11 Aug, 2023 President Biden Issues Outbound Investment Restrictions Executive Order – Small Yard, High Fence? By Aimen Mir Christine Laciak Colin Costello Timothy Swartz Mark Appleton +2 more... Show less On Wednesday, August 9, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order 14105, Addressing United States Investments in Certain National...
10 Aug, 2023 CFIUS 2022 Annual Report – Rough Seas Ahead for Investors By Aimen Mir Christine Laciak Colin Costello Ahmad Al Dajani +1 more... Show less The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has released its annual report for calendar year 2022. Although a...
09 Dec, 2022 Historic FCC action banning technologies from certain Chinese companies signals continuing U.S. targeting of market-leading Chinese technologies By Aimen Mir Nabeel Yousef Brock Dahl Colin Costello Donna Faye Imadi +2 more... Show less Over a year ago, Congress passed the Secure Equipment Act of 2021, mandating that the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) block the...
23 Sep, 2022 New CFIUS Executive Order Reflects Evolved CFIUS National Security Risk Analysis By Aimen Mir Christine Laciak Colin Costello Timothy Swartz +1 more... Show less On 15 September 2022, President Biden signed Executive Order 14083 (Executive Order on Ensuring Robust Consideration of Evolving National...
27 Jun, 2022 8th Annual Berkeley Spring Forum on M&A and the Boardroom By Ethan Klingsberg Thank you to the over 200 in-person and several hundred virtual attendees at the 8th Annual Berkeley Spring Forum on M&A and the...
14 Jan, 2022 There’s a new CFIUS Excepted Foreign State, but status will still benefit relatively few investors By Aimen Mir Christine Laciak Colin Costello Qualifying investors from a list of “Excepted Foreign States” (colloquially referred to as the “whitelist”) enjoy certain privileges...
10 Jan, 2022 Freshfields partner Aimen Mir talks CFIUS, FI Monitor with The M&A Journal By Aimen Mir Washington-based partner Aimen Mir, who served in several leadership roles in the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) and...