The ‘exceptional’ Farhad Jalinous is a renowned figure at the CFIUS Bar, with over 20 years of experience in guiding multinational corporations through the review process.
Farhad Jalinous is a partner in our Global International Trade and Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practices, and heads the Firm's National Security and CFIUS (Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States) practice. His experience includes negotiating some of the most complex and sensitive national security agreements approved by the US government. Farhad has represented top Fortune 500 companies in their investments in US companies involving national security issues. He represents foreign clients and their domestic affiliates in connection with the regulatory aspects of investing in the United States.
In particular, Farhad represents clients in national security reviews before CFIUS, as well as before several agencies of the US government, including the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy and other cognizant security agencies, with respect to mitigation of foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI) under the applicable national industrial security regulations.
Farhad has represented clients from all over the world, including Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UAE and the UK, in several hundreds of transactions notified to CFIUS. These transactions span a variety of industries (e.g., aerospace, automotive, cybersecurity, defense, electronics, energy, engineering and construction, identity authentication, information technology, intelligence, medical diagnostics, microelectronics, mining, telecommunications and satellites, transportation and shipping, etc.) and range in value from less than a US$1 million to multiple US$ billions.
Farhad routinely represents companies in all stages of the CFIUS process, including deal structuring and other strategic planning, negotiating purchase agreement terms to ensure client protection, conducting due diligence to assess potential areas of national security concern, developing strategies for engaging the government and facilitating a smooth process, preparing CFIUS filings and managing follow-up inquiries, negotiating CFIUS mitigation requirements, and guiding companies through mitigation implementation.
Farhad is regularly recognized by Chambers USA and Chambers Global as one of the leading practitioners in matters relating to national security and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the US. Chambers USA 2015 noted that, "The 'exceptional' Farhad Jalinous is a renowned figure at the CFIUS Bar, with over 20 years of experience in guiding multinational corporations through the review process. Clients are appreciative of the quality of his service, saying: 'It was a total pleasure to work with him - very happy with his expertise, his response times were amazing and his relationship with the opposing counsel was very good.'" Farhad is often quoted in prominent publications including Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, American Law Daily and The Daily Deal.
