King & Spalding LLP’s CFIUS practice sits within its overarching international trade offering, providing clients with a holistic view of trade and national security issues. Experienced across the full chain of CFIUS matters, the Washington DC-based group is equipped to advise on compliance and risk minimization, mandatory and voluntary filings, and mitigation and divestment agreements. An increasingly prominent specialist in CFIUS matters, Alexis Early specializes in compliance and enforcement proceedings before all key state agencies. The group also benefits from the formidable government-side CFIUS expertise of Philip Ludvigson, who is a former Director for Monitoring and Enforcement at the USDT. National security head Christine Savage is also noted for CFIUS work.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The K&S CFIUS practice was very helpful in providing overall context for the process, as this was the first time I had worked through this. It assisted not only in how to structure the transaction to best mitigate the CFIUS timeline, but also helped every step along the way as we received follow-up questions.’

  • ‘Alexis Early and Philip Ludvigson have done a great job building a CFIUS team.’

Key clients

  • T&D Holdings
  • Axium Infrastructure
  • InstarAGF Asset Management

Work highlights

  • Acting as CFIUS counsel to Japan-based T&D Holdings on various transactions.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Christine Savage

Other key lawyers

Alexis Early, Philip Ludvigson