News covering direct investment in U.S. companies from foreign entities in Asia, Europe, Canada, Latin America & the Caribbean, the Middle East and Australia. This includes CFIUS, which is getting more restrictive about foreign investment, especially from Asia. Also covers outbound investments from U.S. companies to entities in these jurisdictions.
By Jessica Seah | January 3, 2025
Japan’s outbound M&A volume grew by 36% to nearly $45 billion last year. By September 2024, outbound M&A from Japan to the U.S. was also up a remarkable 160% to $32 billion.
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By Shawn Cooley and Nathan Cunningham and Christina Carone | December 3, 2024
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has published new details and guidance on its enforcement activities on the Department of Treasury’s website, including, for the first time, a comprehensive list of civil monetary penalties it has imposed.
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By Lisa Willis | October 23, 2024
"As a member of the Cuban American community in South Florida whose family lost everything following the 1959 Cuban revolution, wholeheartedly agree with the dissent," said one attorney not associated with the lawsuit.
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By Jill Jones | May 29, 2024
New changes to the program have introduced risks that EB-5 investors need to be aware of to safeguard their investment in the United States. Otherwise, investing in the wrong development could lead them to lose their money and the opportunity to secure a permanent green card.
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By Patrick Smith | January 29, 2024
Richard Sofield, a former senior DOJ attorney arriving from Vinson & Elkins, looks to help Debevoise in CFIUS matters, as national security issues bubble up in deal work.
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By Alexander Lugo | September 20, 2023
Attorneys have been swamped with calls from asset managers and institutional investors.
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By Amy Guthrie | June 4, 2023
Global firms Baker McKenzie and Hogan Lovells are fielding tons of inquiries, although there's plenty of inbound work to go around as manufacturing shifts from Asia back to North America.
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By Jessica Seah | May 31, 2023
China's former zero-COVID policy is still having lingering effects on its economy, the country's housing boom is over, its shrinking population is becoming a serious problem, and its prosperous residents have spent the last two years offshoring their wealth to countries like Singapore and the U.K. But it is the decoupling of the world's two largest economies that poses the biggest threat to law firms in Greater China, lawyers say.
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By Christine Schiffner | May 1, 2023
A "vanilla statement" of the world being politically unstable is no longer sufficient, one attorney said, highlighting urgency to revisit corporate risk disclosures for companies with exposure to China.
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By Chris O'Malley | April 12, 2023
Activists concerned about China's human rights violations and other behavior hope to spur change, and perhaps cause corporate titans to squirm, by pushing shareholder proposals at the companies' annual meetings.
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