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MassPoint PLLC is a boutique law and strategy firm that works above silos and collaboratively with clients to solve legal problems, manage risk, and seize opportunities in a rapidly changing, interconnected world.
Recognitions
-2017 Finance Monthly Global Awards Corporate Law Firm of the Year, USA- MassPoint PLLC
–2016 Who’s Who Legal, Corporate M&A and Governance- Hdeel Abdelhady
Insights & Updates
Senate Bill Would Expand CFIUS’ Purview to Academia
May 23, 2021
Hdeel Abdelhady's recent article on the Strategic Competition Act's proposed expansion of CFIUS' jurisdiction to foreign funding of U.S. colleges and universities is available at Law360.
Strategic Competition Act Would Subject Foreign Funding of U.S. Universities to CFIUS Review
April 28, 2021
Several pieces of legislation are pending in Congress to more comprehensively shore up the U.S. position in the U.S.-China technology race. The Strategic Competition Act of 2021 illustrates clearly the official U.S. view of academia’s role in the U.S.-China technology race, and the links between U.S. policies and legal measures to regulate foreign access to U.S. science and technology within and across the private, public, and academic sectors.
New U.S. Law Targets China’s Financial Diplomacy, Belt & Road Initiative, World Bank Borrowing
February 1, 2021
With the passage of the NDAA for FY 2021, we are reminded that the United States views as an issue of “great power competition” China’s financial and infrastructure diplomacy, particularly China’s lending to developing nations and its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Congress provided a reminder of the United States’ concerns as to China’s cross-border lending and the BRI. The massive annual defense spending legislation includes two provisions directly on point.