CFIUS Comment Process Draws Focus on Advisory Opinions and Procedural Reforms, Export Compliance Daily and Foreign Investment Watch

Export Compliance Daily and Foreign Investment Watch covered comments submitted by partner David Plotinsky and associate Christian Kozlowski in response to the US Department of the Treasury’s request for input on proposed changes to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) process and Known Investor Program.

The coverage highlights the firm’s recommendation that CFIUS implement a formal advisory opinion mechanism to provide earlier guidance on jurisdictional and national security considerations, which could help streamline reviews and reduce unnecessary filings. As noted in the reporting, Morgan Lewis emphasized that the absence of such a process “stands in stark contrast to other regulatory processes that do include such a mechanism.”

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