How CFIUS moves from regulator to enforcer

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’ has grown in prominence as the US-China trade war has escalated. Now, it has grown in strength, lawyers tell Private Funds CFO’s Connor Hussey.

“Everyone knows CFIUS as a regulator, but I think the next wave is CFIUS as an enforcement agent,” says the head of Kirkland & Ellis’ International Trade and National Security practice, Mario Mancuso. But just because it is more of a muscular institution, don’t assume it will widen its scope or jurisdiction. Read the full story here.

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