Laura Black Named Among World’s Top CFIUS Advisors
Akin is pleased to share that international trade senior counsel Laura Black has been named by Foreign Investment Watch to the 2023 edition of its Top Advisors list.
The list recognizes “top advisors who provide advice and counsel concerning foreign investment and national security in the U.S. and abroad.”
In the profile published by FIW to accompany the recognition, Laura is noted as having served as the first Director of Policy and International Relations of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS. FIW writes that, in addition to being the “chief drafter” of the regulations implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA), which strengthens and modernizes CFIUS, Laura “played a leading role in the development of myriad global investment regimes, and spearheaded the Treasury Department’s engagement with dozens of foreign governments.”
FIW notes that she has been quoted in its pages on several key topics, such as foreign engagement strategy and also the rise of statewide legislative proposals that may conflict with CFIUS’s mandate. (Click here and here to read some of what Laura has shared with Foreign Investment Watch.)
People Recognized
