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International Trade: CFIUS Experts

USA - Nationwide

3 Years Ranked

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Provided by Mark Skerry

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A Partner in Simpson Thacher’s National Security Regulatory Practice, Mark Skerry advises some of the world’s largest and most well-known private equity asset managers, institutional investors, and multinational corporations on transactions undergoing national security reviews before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and analogous foreign direct investment (FDI) screening regulators worldwide. Mark has successfully secured CFIUS approvals and coordinated worldwide FDI clearances for transactions across a variety of industries considered sensitive to national security, including aerospace and defense manufacturing, classified government contracting, sea and airports, semiconductors, telecommunications, technology and software, social media, energy infrastructure, financial services, and life sciences, among others.

Career

Joined the Firm in 2016; became Partner in 2023. Former Law Clerk, Hon. Reggie B. Walton, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia. Former Honors Attorney, Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Personal

J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, Case Western Reserve University; and B.Sc., Cornell University

Professional Memberships

Law360’s International Trade Editorial Advisory Board

Publications

Mark is an author in the current edition of Global Competition Review’s Foreign Direct Investment Regulation Hub.

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International Trade: CFIUS Experts - USA - Nationwide

5
Band 5
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Mark Skerry is particularly adept at handling the regulatory side of large cross-border transactions.

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