Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP‘s ’well-unified and collaborative’ CFIUS team, supported by the firm’s wider China, corporate, and technology practices to provide reliable counsel to private equity funds and U.S. technology start-ups on CFIUS-related matters. The team's client base spans semiconductors, defense, manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and autonomous vehicles. The ‘extraordinarily well-versed’ Nancy Fischer, who is the firm’s Global Head of Regulatory, concentrates her practice on investment reviews and mitigation of CFIUS-sensitive transactions. Christopher Wall is a key member of the team and drives a long-standing relationship with Australian global investment banking firm, Macquarie Group. Aaron Hutman advises clients on the strategic impacts of CFIUS authorities, whilst newly promoted partner Matthew Rabinowitz has a particular focus on obtaining clearances for China-related transactions.
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  • ‘Pillsbury provides a well-unified, collaborative team that leverages each other's knowledge base to demonstrate “big picture” understanding as well as specialized advice within categories of issues. Pillsbury is recognized as a leading cost-effective, value-adding firm for CFIUS guidance. This is especially critical during the pre-deal diligence phase, where we can rely on Pillsbury to provide comprehensive risk assessments of potential foreign investors.'

  • ‘The primary International Trade lawyers I’ve dealt with at Pillsbury are Nancy Fischer and Matthew Rabinowitz. They are remarkable; the quality of their advice stands high above their peers at other firms in numerous ways. I appreciate them as trusted advisors, with sincere objectivity and integrity.'

  • 'Nancy Fischer and Matthew Rabinowitz provided timely, responsive, and detailed guidance on complex CFIUS considerations, all in an easily digestible format.'
  • 'Nancy Fischer stood out as extraordinarily well-versed on current trends impacting CFIUS; she is a go-to source where there are challenging issues about recent transactions, regulatory, or legislative developments. Her answers provided valuable insight into navigating issues with advantage.'
  • ‘Knowledgeable and efficient heavy-hitting team with great insight into policy developments.’

  • ‘Nancy Fisher and Matt Rabinowitz are very knowledgeable and easy to work with on aspects outside of regulatory, i.e. technology and commercial aspects. ’

Kernmandanten

  • Bluefors Oy
  • Celesta Capital IV LP LLC (formerly Walden International)
  • Chevron Technology Ventures LLC
  • Macquarie
  • Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation
  • Identiv, Inc.
  • Community Matter Holdings, Inc. (MeetUp)
  • Kaseware Inc.
  • Zavda Technologies, LLC

Highlight-Mandate

  • Provide CFIUS counselling to Mitsubishi Logistics Corporation on an acquisition of Cavalier Logistics, a freight forwarding company with broad international operations that specializes in serving the U.S. government (including U.S. diplomatic missions) and pharmaceutical industries.
  • Represented Bluefors Oy, a Finnish manufacturer of quantum diluted refrigerators, an essential component for most quantum computers, before CFIUS regarding its acquisition of Cyromech Inc., U.S. developers of pulse tube coolers, another quantum computing component.
  • Represented Zavda Technologies, LLC, a cybersecurity, intelligence analysis, and technology service provider in its acquisition by Applied Materials, a cloud services company.

Anwält*innen

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

Partner*innen der nächsten Generation

Juniorpartner*innen, die im Markt von Mandanten und Wettbewerbern anerkannt werden und in einigen Mandaten eine Schlüsselrolle einnehmen.

Matthew Rabinowitz

Praxisleitung

Nancy A. Fischer

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Matthew Rabinowitz; Aaron Hutman; Christopher Wall