Client Alert
| December 4, 2008
Treasury Department Issues Final Regulations on National Security Examinations of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States
On November 21, 2008, the U.S. Department of the Treasury published final regulations to implement the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (the “FINSA”), a comprehensive rewrite of the Exon-Florio law. The final regulations, which become effective on December 21, 2008, reinforce movement toward more formal, intensive scrutiny of a broader range of transactions in which a foreign person gains control over a US business.
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