10 Jun 2026
Latham & Watkins Adds Senior CFIUS Counsel Cate Behles from the US Department of the Treasury
"Cate Behles joins Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C. as counsel in its CFIUS & US National Security Practice, bringing nearly seven years of CFIUS and national security experience from the US Department of the Treasury."
Behles most recently served as Senior Counsel and Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Co-Lead Counsel at the US Department of the Treasury. She advises on complex foreign investment reviews, national security regulatory matters, and cross-border transactions, with a particular focus on CFIUS. At Treasury she led a team of lawyers conducting legal reviews for CFIUS and worked on jurisdictional assessments of filings, non-notified transaction reviews, mitigation agreement negotiations, and compliance and enforcement actions. She also worked extensively on international development issues and was detailed to the Treasury General Counsel’s front office, where she managed matters requiring the General Counsel’s or the Secretary of the Treasury’s consideration. Behles spent nearly seven years at Treasury.
Behles joins Latham as counsel from her prior role as Senior Counsel and CFIUS Co-Lead Counsel at the US Department of the Treasury. She is admitted to practice in California only; work in the District of Columbia will be conducted pursuant to DC Court of Appeals Rule 49(c)(8) and supervised by a member of the DC Bar. Behles received her JD from Notre Dame Law School and her BA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Behles is the fifth former government lawyer in the past 16 months to join Latham’s CFIUS & US National Security and Economic Sanctions & Export Controls practices. She is the fourth lawyer to join Latham from Treasury during that period, following the arrivals of Paul Rosen, Adam Schupak and Stephen Keith; Aaron Amundson joined from the Commerce Department.