John Beahn

Career

John Beahn is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Milbank LLP with a particular focus on matters related to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) and foreign direct investment (“FDI”).

Mr. Beahn has extensive experience representing clients in national security reviews before CFIUS, the “Team Telecom” executive branch agencies and the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency. Mr. Beahn has successfully represented domestic and foreign clients, including purchasers, sellers, investors, private equity sponsors and consortia and other institutional investors in transactions and investments subject to CFIUS and other national security reviews. Mr. Beahn has represented clients in some of the most complex transactions approved by CFIUS, DCSA and Team Telecom and has negotiated several of the most comprehensive mitigation agreements executed with the US government. He also represents clients on related national security issues, including supply chain matters, risk mitigation and compliance monitoring.

Mr. Beahn is consistently selected for inclusion in Chambers USA, Chambers Global and Legal 500. In 2016, Mr. Beahn was recognized as a “Rising Star” for Technology, Media and Telecommunications by Euromoney’s Legal Media Group.

Mr. Beahn is a frequent speaker at domestic and international CFIUS and global FDI conferences.

Personal

Catholic University of America, J.D.

Boston College, B.A.