Foreign Investment & Trade
Notable Representations, Key Contacts
Our team works collaboratively with the M&A and Private Equity teams on the structuring and negotiation of transactions in an effort to anticipate and address regulatory concerns in the earliest stages of transaction planning. Given our broad-based experience, we are able to help clients proactively identify, understand and resolve CFIUS issues, often during strategic corporate development planning. Our experience across business sectors helps our clients address potential national security concerns well before any engagement with CFIUS occurs.
Our FIT team also provides comprehensive strategic counseling related to a wide variety of international trade matters, including: transactional due diligence and compliance with sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC); export controls administered by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC); import/customs; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA); and other anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, anti-money laundering laws, anti-boycott laws and other international trade and investment matters.
The FIT team has deep experience in numerous industry sectors, including technology, telecommunications, energy, real estate, financial services, health care and pharma, manufacturing, transportation, infrastructure and consumer goods.
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Awards and Recognition, Latest Thinking, Firm News & Announcements
Awards and Recognition
- Shawn Cooley Named a “Leading” Lawyer for International Trade: CFIUS Experts Award Brief — Chambers Global
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for CFIUS in the US Award Brief — IFLR1000 2024
- Weil Named a “Leading” Firm for International Trade Award Brief — Legal 500 US 2022
Latest Thinking
- Implications of New U.S.–Taiwan Trade Agreement Alert — By Shawn B. Cooley, Antonia I. Tzinova, Colin Giuseppe Cox, Andrew Greinetz and Sisi Liu — PDF — February 19, 2026
- Presidential Order Requires HieFo to Divest EMCORE Assets Alert — Foreign Investment & Trade — By Shawn B. Cooley, Antonia I. Tzinova, Sisi Liu and Colin Giuseppe Cox — PDF — February 04, 2026
- CFIUS Trends, Tactics, and Transformations from the 2024 Annual Report Alert — By Shawn B. Cooley, Colin Giuseppe Cox, Christina Carone and Sisi Liu — PDF — August 14, 2025
- Presidential Action Regarding Nippon Steel Establishes Two New Significant CFIUS Precedents Alert — Foreign Investment & Trade — By Shawn B. Cooley, Christina Carone and Sisi Liu — PDF — July 17, 2025
Firm News & Announcements
- Weil Advises Halozyme Therapeutics in up to $900M Acquisition of Elektrofi Deal Brief — October 02, 2025