Navigating the Uncertainty Around the Commercial Exemption: How Practitioners are Applying the Exemption in the Wake of Recent Advisory Opinions
Adam Hickey
Partner
Mayer Brown LLP
William Minor
Partner
DLA Piper LLP, USA
- Analyzing recent advisory opinions and their practical implications
- New lessons for determining when an activity “directly promotes” the public or political interests of a foreign government or political party?
- Recent investment and other activities that have unexpectedly come under FARA scrutiny
- How far you need to go when conducting due diligence
- The limits on exemptions for foreign commercial entities owned by a foreign government