Ben Joseloff: The Board's Guide to CFIUS and Evolving National Security Reviews

(0:00) Intro (1:43) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel (2:29) Start of interview (3:11) Ben's origin story (9:39) His start at Cravath in 2010 (10:54) His time at the U.S. Treasury Department and the White House.  (15:04) About CFIUS.  Reforms from FIRRMA (2018). Control transactions and minority investments in critical technologies, critical infrastructure, or sensitive personal data. (24:45) Trends in transaction reviews. CFIUS Annual Report to Congress – CY 2023 (30:00) Presidential prohibitions under CFIUS.  (32:23) CFIUS and crypto. (34:02) The TikTok case. (36:14) Restrictions on outbound investments in China: AI, semiconductors, and quantum computing. (42:13) De-risking vs de-coupling from China. Geopolitics and the boardroom. (44:40) Industrial policies. (47:21) Advice for corporate directors on national security matters. (49:30) Books that have greatly influenced his life:Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1939)Elements of Style by Strunk and White (1918) (51:46) His mentors.  (53:04) Quote that he thinks of often or lives his life by. The "Spirit of Liberty" Speech Judge Learned Hand (1944) (54:34)  An unusual habit or absurd thing that he loves. (55:42) The person he most admires. You can follow Evan on social media at: X: @evanepstein LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/epsteinevan/  Substack: https://evanepstein.substack.com/ __ To support this podcast you can join as a subscriber of the Boardroom Governance Newsletter at https://evanepstein.substack.com/ __ Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License