Founding Advisors

Torres Trade Law

Torres Trade Law, PLLC is an international trade and national security law firm that represents U.S. and international clients in CFIUS matters. We advise clients on CFIUS-related risks during pre-transaction due diligence, including advice on the structure of a foreign investment; prepare and submit CFIUS filings; represent clients before CFIUS in the review and mitigation process; and respond to requests for information concerning non-notified transactions.

Torres is unique in its extensive experience with the export regulatory regimes that control critical technologies and other national security issues. This knowledge base is vital in guiding clients through the rigors of the CFIUS analysis and review process.

Our network of attorneys and trade advisors have ample experience handling national security matters before key government agencies. In recognition of her work related to CFIUS, Managing Member Olga Torres was named to the Foreign Investment Watch Top Advisors 2023 list.

Guidepost

In navigating evolving regulations and policy related to CFIUS/Team Telecom matters, Guidepost assists in the development of mitigation plans, serves as unbiased third-party monitors and auditors of compliance with National Security Agreements and Letters of Assurance, develops remediation plans to address deficiencies, and reports findings to both the transaction parties and the government.

We maintain excellent working relationships with CFIUS Monitoring Agencies which can be helpful in the often-stressful environment of audits and monitorships. Our credibility with the government and reputation as fair but firm monitors and auditors provide confidence to ensure cost effective compliance. Founded, led, and staffed by former senior national and homeland security, law enforcement, and other U.S. government officials, Guidepost is a global leader in investigations, compliance solutions, monitoring and security and technology consulting.

Kaerus

We help companies to comply fully with CFIUS agreements after they are signed.  CFIUS mitigation is the only thing we do, and we fill all NSA roles:  Security Director, Trustee, Proxy Holder, Security Officer, and Third-Party Monitor and Auditor. 

Our consultants are all former intelligence officers, which provides assurance to CMAs.  Our consultants all have private sector business experience, so we understand the costs of mitigation measures, and we work with companies and CMAs to control them while fully protecting national security. 

Our consultants’ industry expertise spans the domains of critical infrastructure, critical and emerging technologies, and sensitive personal data.  Everything from renewable energy to biotech and AI to social media.

Our network of consultants spans all 50 states, Puerto Rico, USVI, Guam, and US Territories. 

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StoneTurn

StoneTurn, a global professional services firm, works with law firms, corporations, and government agencies on foreign direct investment, national security risk and compliance issues, investigations and business disputes.

From our base in Washington, DC, StoneTurn’s National Security & CFIUS Compliance team draws upon its high-level government expertise and decades of mitigating insider risk issues to assess transactions that would be subject to CFIUS reviews and work with companies to operationalize compliance.

We understand both the government’s perspective on national security and the business realities of how to successfully work with an organization subject to the terms of government mitigation requirements.

EisnerAmper

We provide independent, third-party audit, readiness assessment, and monitoring with respect to your CFIUS obligations. Our proactive services are designed to be clearly auditable and measurable; and to effectively address potential risk points.

Our CFIUS services focus on three key areas:

Pre-Filing Transaction Risk Assessment
This includes assessments of a company’s operations, subsidiaries, supply chain, corporate security policies and procedures, and information technology.

Readiness
This phase entails developing or revising policies and procedures surrounding each National Security Agreement article of CFIUS.

On-Going Analysis, Monitoring/Audit
Our team will test and validate risk-mitigation controls surrounding data/technology, operations and governance management, and employee compliance and incidence response training.

Morgan Lewis

Morgan Lewis’s international trade and national security practice regularly advises US and non-US clients on the intricacies of the foreign direct investment review process in the United States before CFIUS. From due diligence to engagement with CFIUS government agency members to preparation of submissions, the Morgan Lewis team has a depth drawn from decades of experience.

Our lawyers have been involved in the CFIUS process since 1988 and provide comprehensive, practical advice regarding the sensitive issues related to strategic considerations regarding whether and when to engage with the Committee or submit a notice.

Our team, which includes the former acting chief of DOJ’s Foreign Investment Review Section, has experience in all phases of the CFIUS process across, including mitigation of national security concerns and the development of creative solutions to address CFIUS’s interests while ensuring that transactions can clear the CFIUS process.

Winston & Strawn LLP

Winston & Strawn has an active practice guiding clients through the various national security-related regulatory regimes that apply to foreign investments in the United States. 

Winston & Strawn advises clients on how to structure transactions to address potential national security concerns, determine whether transactions require a mandatory CFIUS filing, and where necessary, guide our clients through the CFIUS process. We also work with CFIUS member agencies to resolve national security issues and negotiate mitigation agreements.

Hogan Lovells

When your transaction involves a foreign investment in a U.S. business, you need guidance to assess the national security implications of the transaction. We advise U.S. companies, foreign multinationals, venture capitalists, and global private equity investors, including those from sensitive countries, on national security reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and foreign investment regulators on a global basis.

Our team includes former government lawyers who understand the opaque inner-workings of CFIUS. You take matters of national security seriously. So do we. Safeguard your transactions, investments, and business with us.

Wilson Sonsini

Wilson Sonsini is a trusted advisor to U.S. businesses, foreign acquirers and investors, and financing parties on the full range of CFIUS issues. This includes counseling clients on all aspects of CFIUS, including investor structure and foreign person status, national security sensitivities, whether a CFIUS “declaration” or “notice” is required or warranted, negotiating CFIUS language in transaction documents (whether or not a filing is made), drafting submissions to CFIUS, preparing responses to CFIUS questions, negotiating mitigation agreements and post-closing compliance with those agreements. The team also works with clients to engage other key stakeholders in the CFIUS process, including members of Congress, media, and think-tanks, as needed.

Wilson Sonsini’s CFIUS team collectively has 30+ years of CFIUS experience, working on behalf of companies, investors, trade associations, and the U.S. government. The team is comprised of attorneys who have served as CFIUS officials from multiple U.S. government agencies and from other national security agencies and congressional oversight committees, including the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, Commerce, and State, as well as CIA, the Army, the Air Force, and the U.S. Senate.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

The continuing rise in cross-border transactions, in combination with the U.S. government’s attention to national security considerations associated with such transactions, require clients increasingly to turn to counsel for advice in complying with federal regulations designed to protect national security.

For example, review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) will continue to be a critical focus of the U.S. government as national security concerns escalate about investment by certain countries and as foreign investment affects critical U.S. technologies and infrastructure.

Gibson Dunn has extensive experience assisting both U.S. and foreign companies in transactions subject to CFIUS review. In addition, when companies are determined to be under foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI), we have assisted in obtaining security clearances for company employees and handling other issues to enable our clients to obtain or retain federal government work.

EY

EY cybersecurity service offerings can assist organizations throughout the CFIUS life cycle. EY CFIUS cybersecurity services harness knowledge of industry-recognized cyber practices (i.e., ISO, NIST) and enterprise-level critical information asset identification and apply leading, next-gen cybersecurity EY offerings focusing on the access, protection and monitoring of your organization’s most critical assets.

The thorough and proven EY methodologies support CFIUS readiness, strategic mitigation planning, mitigation implementation and holistic program development, as well as independent audits and assessments of CFIUS compliance.

PwC

Government scrutiny of certain inbound US investments, including acquisitions of American businesses, is likely to increase in the months ahead, leading dealmakers to reassess growth strategies and M&A decisions. You’re entering new markets and need to focus on your vision and growth.

Our team understands the landscape and can guide you — from the changing labor laws in your new region, to communicating effectively for success there, to new regulations and local nuances that can mean success. Let our community of solvers untangle the complexity and deliver the holistic, global perspective your new opportunities demand.