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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 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.
3 minute read
By Alexander Lugo | September 20, 2023
Attorneys have been swamped with calls from asset managers and institutional investors.
5 minute read
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.
6 minute read
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.
7 minute read
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.
5 minute read
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.
7 minute read
By Alexander Lugo | February 27, 2023
"With the actions of Russia, we have been up to our necks in advising clients," said Akerman international practice chair Pedro Freyre. "That's a particularly tough and wide ranging set of sanctions, so we're just seeing this continuous need from our clients to provide this type of counseling."
3 minute read
By Christine Schiffner | February 21, 2023
A forthcoming executive order is expected to define new guidelines for investments in countries viewed as strategic competitors. The devil of these new regulatory measures will be in the details.
4 minute read
By Anne Bagamery | December 16, 2022
FDI screening has gone from "a niche area for defense industry deals where it might be relevant" to "a part of every deal structure, timetable, and assessment of regulatory risks," a competition partner in Brussels said.
5 minute read
By Zlatko 'Zack' Hadzismajlovic | November 14, 2022
The Guidelines serve as welcome transparency to industry as to how violations will be assessed.
7 minute read
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