Investors and US businesses should carefully consider the implications of and monitor the implementation of an executive order issued yesterday expanding and clarifying the factors that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) considers when evaluating if a foreign investment provides a risk to US national security. This Legal Update gives details on these factors.

We have compiled the following chronology table which serves as a quick reference point to track the circulars and guidance published by HK financial services regulators in relation to COVID-19. We will update the table regularly. Kindly note that the table is not intended to capture all regulatory publications on an exhaustive basis.

The crisis in Ukraine has tremendous implications for our clients, many of whom have employees or family directly at risk, operations that have been affected and supply chains that have been interrupted. Mayer Brown’s Ukraine Crisis Core Response team is working to ensure that our clients have access to the critical information and insight that they require.