Alerts9.22.22
Executive Order Intensifies Scrutiny of M&A Transactions Involving Foreign Investment in the U.S.
President Biden orders CFIUS to consider additional national security factors when evaluating foreign investments in the U.S.
On Sept. 15, 2022, President Biden issued Executive Order 14083 directing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to consider additional specified national security factors and build on existing ones when reviewing covered transactions. The Executive Order, the first of its kind, does not change CFIUS processes or legal jurisdiction and should be read in conjunction with the existing national security factors already considered by CFIUS.
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