Updates on the National Security Regulatory Review of Cross-Border Transactions

Please join Morrison Foerster’s U.S., EU, and UK team for a one-hour lunch briefing on key updates and trends for the national security regulatory review of cross-border transactions.

Topics to be covered in this session will include the following:

• Datapoints and trends for the current filing and review landscape
• Key focus points for regulators when reviewing transactions
• Greater emphasis on compliance and enforcement
• Increased review of non-notified transactions
• CFIUS review of outbound investments
• Increased scrutiny of foreign investments by European regulators
• The UK’s new investment screening law: recent developments
• Outlook for future regulatory changes

Our speakers will include the following MoFo national security practitioners:

United States:

• Charles Capito, partner in MoFo’s National Security and Government Contracts + Public Procurement groups.
• James Brower, of counsel in MoFo’s National Security and Crisis Management practice groups with experience working across a variety of departments within the U.S. Federal Government, including CFIUS, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Defense Security Service (now the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency).

EU & United Kingdom:

• Felix Helmstädter, partner in MoFo’s global National Security, Sanctions and Export Control, and Government Contracts practice groups, based in Berlin.
• Marie-Claire Strawbridge, partner in MoFo’s Antitrust, Competition, and National Security practice groups, based in London.

We hope you will join us for what will be a timely and insightful discussion. We welcome and encourage your questions both in advance, and during the presentation.

This event will be hosted and recorded via Zoom, and presented in English. A participant link will be sent to you following your RSVP. Attendance is free of charge.