Partners Kripa Upadhyay and Akana K. J. Ma have authored article “CFIUS In Our New Era – The Due Diligence Step That Can No Longer Wait ” published by The M&A Journal on June, 2026.

“In cross-border M&A, national security review has moved from a closing formality to opening filter. Foreign investors who treat it otherwise are playing an increasingly expensive game.

Most acquisition processes follow a predictable sequence. Financial models get built. Management teams get interviewed. Legal teams negotiate representations and warranties. Somewhere after all of that, typically as the deal nears the finish line, someone asks whether the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States might have something to say . . .”

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