CFIUS sets new high for reviews in first full year of FIRRMA implementation

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, tasked with reviewing investments in the U.S. for national security risks, reviewed a record number of transactions in 2021, the first full year in which it operated under regulations implementing the 2018 Foreign Risk Review Modernization Act, according to its annual report to Congress. “This year’s Annual Report demonstrates that CFIUS is reviewing a record number of transactions and taking important and necessary measures to safeguard national security, while also quickly...