Practice Areas: Business Transactions
(Domestic and International)

• Divestitures
• Due diligence
• Establishment of foreign subsidiaries for U.S. clients and U.S. operations for foreign clients
• Financing
• International sales agreements
• Joint ventures
• Mergers and acquisitions (domestic and transnational)
• Sales and distributorship agreements (domestic and international)
• Transaction structuring

Our attorneys provide a full range of business law services to clients large and small, public and private, domestic and international. Our domestic business practice has a strong transactional focus, with substantial experience in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, sales and distributorship agreements, exchanges and joint ventures. We represent clients in a variety of industries, including broadcasting, out-of-home advertising, professional sports, cable, new media, wireless, real estate and entertainment.

In our international business transaction practice, our attorneys have expertise in import/export transactions, including the preparation and review of international sales agreements, foreign agent and distributor agreements, advice regarding U.S. export control and anti-boycott laws, and international payment procedures. We provide planning, structuring, negotiating and preparation of documentation for international mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. We assist non-U.S. clients wishing to establish operations in the United States, and U.S. clients interested in operations abroad with the organization and operation of U.S and foreign subsidiaries, tax advice, investment incentives and general planning for global manufacturing, marketing, and distribution operations.