The annual conference of the Foreign Investment Review Committee of the Canadian Bar Association’s National Competition Law Section will feature an update from the IRD and CSIR on recent developments and a keynote luncheon presentation on national security issues by Ray Boisvert, the former Assistant Director-Intelligence of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service .

WilmerHale Counsel Jason Chipman will be a featured speaker on the panel “Resolving National Security Concerns: Mitigation, Litigation or Capitulation – Lessons from the United States,” discussing the manner in which national security concerns are addressed in the context of US CFIUS reviews.