Former Treasury Department CFIUS Official Joins Akin Gump

Laura Black, former director of policy and international relations in the Treasury Department's Office of Investment Security, has joined Akin Gump as senior counsel in the foreign investment and international practices, the firm announced. Based in Washington, D.C., Black will focus on investment screening within a national security context and advising clients on international investment risks, multijurisdictional review of transactions, cross-border M&A and outbound investment issues, the firm said. While at OIS, Black was the chief drafter of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018. She also served as the "point person" between the Biden administration transition team and the Office of International Affairs and Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, which includes the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., Akin Gump said.