Tobias Caspary
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
CFIUS Announces Pilot Program Requiring Mandatory Filings for Investments in U.S. Critical Technology Companies
USA - October 12 2018 On October 11, 2018, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) published an interim rule beginning a pilot program to implement...
The EU backs the Iran nuclear deal
USA, European Union, Iran - August 29 2018 On 7 August 2018, the European Council implemented a revised blocking statute (the "EU Blocking Statute") in direct response to President Trump's...
Michael T. Gershberg, Justin A. Schenck, Max Küttner, Julie Flandrin.
UK Expands Merger Review Powers for National Security Transactions
United Kingdom - June 13 2018 On 11 June 2018, the UK government (“UK Govt”) revised its merger control thresholds to allow it to review smaller mergers that have the potential to...
Cautionary Tale for Mergers: Commission Imposes Record Gun-Jumping Fine
European Union - April 30 2018 Last week, on 24 April 2018, the European Commission (the 'Commission') announced that it had imposed a fine of 124.5 million (US$152.3 million) on...
Neda Moussavi, Julie Flandrin.
Treasury Department Releases Russian Oligarch List and Promises Future Sanctions, But No Russia Sanctions Issued Yet as Key Deadlines Pass
USA - January 31 2018 On January 29, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury delivered five sanctions-related reports to Congress as required under the Countering...
