Episode 43
Ashley Lenihan On The Politics Of Cross-Border M&A, CFIUS And Sensitive Sectors
Macro Hive Conversations With Bilal Hafeez · Bilal Hafeez
December 18, 202056m 32s
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Show Notes
Dr Ashley Lenihan is a leading expert on the relationship between foreign direct investment and national security and is the author of 'Balancing Power without Weapons: State Intervention into Cross-Border M&A'. She is the Head of Policy and Engagement at the British Academy of Management (BAM), a visiting Fellow at the London School of Economic's Centre for International Studies, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. In the podcast, we discuss:
- Why countries block foreign investment/M&A deals
- Types of measures used to block or mitigate deals
- Evolution of US policy on foreign investment (CFIUS, FIRMA)
- Examples of US vetoes
- Will Biden change CFIUS approach?
- How data is new front for regulating foreign investment
- The unusually broad scope of new UK regulation
- Advice to companies who engage in cross-border M&A
- Books that influenced Ashley: Theory of International Politics (Waltz), National Power and the Structure of Foreign Trade (Hirschman), Power & Interdependence (Keohane and Nye) and Isolationism (Kupchan)