Foreign Investment & Trade
Notable Representations, Key Contacts
Our team works collaboratively with the M&A and Private Equity teams on the structuring and negotiation of transactions in an effort to anticipate and address regulatory concerns in the earliest stages of transaction planning. Given our broad-based experience, we are able to help clients proactively identify, understand and resolve CFIUS issues, often during strategic corporate development planning. Our experience across business sectors helps our clients address potential national security concerns well before any engagement with CFIUS occurs.
Our FIT team also provides comprehensive strategic counseling related to a wide variety of international trade matters, including: transactional due diligence and compliance with sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC); export controls administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC); import/customs; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA); and other anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, anti-money laundering laws, anti-boycott laws and other international trade and investment matters.
The FIT team has deep experience in numerous industry sectors, including technology, telecommunications, energy, real estate, financial services, health care and pharma, manufacturing, transportation, infrastructure and consumer goods.
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Awards and Recognition, Latest Thinking
Awards and Recognition
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for CFIUS in the US Award Brief — IFLR1000 2024
- Shawn Cooley Named a “Leading” Lawyer for International Trade: CFIUS Experts Award Brief — Chambers Global 2024
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for International Trade Award Brief — Legal 500 US 2022
Latest Thinking
- CFIUS Bears Its Teeth While Demonstrating Further Sophistication: 2023 Annual Report Shows Increased Enforcement and More Efficiency Alert — Foreign Investment & Trade — By Shawn B. Cooley and Christina Carone — PDF — August 12, 2024
- CFIUS Publishes Two New FAQs that have Material Implications for Parties Filing with CFIUS Alert — Foreign Investment & Trade — By Shawn B. Cooley and Christina Carone — PDF — June 05, 2023
- CFIUS Seeks to Expand its Jurisdiction Over Real Estate Transactions via Proposed New Rule Alert — Foreign Investment & Trade — By Shawn B. Cooley and Christina Carone — PDF — May 15, 2023
- The 2022 Annual CFIUS Report: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Alert — Foreign Investment & Trade — By Shawn B. Cooley and Christina Carone — PDF — August 10, 2023