INSIGHT: Covid-19 Spotlights M&A International Security Concerns

Published April 21, 2020

In recently released guidance, U.S. and European Union regulators emphasized their concern that the Covid-19 pandemic and associated economic downturn is providing an opportunity for certain investors to strategically invest in sensitive companies to the detriment of national security. Kirkland & Ellis attorneys outline four key points about what CFIUS and the EU will be watching.