Justin T Huff

Banking & Financial Institutions

Development & Infrastructure

Energy & Natural Resources

Food, Beverage & Agribusiness

Healthcare & Life Sciences

Technology

Government Contracts Counseling & Litigation

Intellectual Property

Mergers & Acquisitions

National Security Law

Private Equity

Real Estate & Land Use

Technology Commerce

Government Enforcement & Corporate Investigations

Justin focuses on helping clients navigate reviews by the committee on foreign investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) an interagency committee that evaluates cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and certain investments transactions for potential national security concerns.

Justin Huff is a Partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. and Salt Lake City offices. Prior to entering private practice, Justin served as a Deputy Director in the United States Department of the Treasury office responsible for chairing CFIUS. Justin led the review of hundreds of CFIUS filings and conducted in-depth national security analyses on transactions across a wide range of industries, including biotech, agriculture, technology, telecommunication, real estate, and energy. Justin also engaged in extensive inter-agency communications and consensus building with the eight other agencies on the CFIUS committee. Prior to his Treasury role, Justin held senior positions with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

After serving in the federal government for over a decade, Justin entered the private law practice and has advised domestic and international clients on CFIUS regulations and their impact on hundreds of high-profile cross-border corporate transactions. He is recognized as a leading attorney for CFIUS by Chambers Global and by Chambers USA.