Practice Areas & Industries: Baker & Daniels LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

In today's world of instant communications and accelerated delivery systems, businesses must think globally. With "dot-com" as familiar as a telephone number, and fax and e-mail capabilities making communication with other countries as easy as visiting your next door neighbor, American and foreign businesses are looking toward "overseas" markets for their products and services. But importing, exporting and manufacturing internationally means a company will be subject to different laws, regulations and uncertain judicial systems. Before dipping their toes in international waters, companies must be proactive in obtaining legal advice or, if faced with disputes, finding counsel who will offer innovative and creative solutions.

We have developed relationships with many excellent foreign law firms through our membership in two of the world's foremost law firm networks - Lex Mundi and TAGLaw. These networks provide us with access to top rated lawyers in nearly every country. Lex Mundi has 162 member firms in 100 countries. For more about Lex Mundi, visit www.lexmundi.org. TAGLaw has member firms in 64 countries. For more about TAGLaw, visit www.taglaw.com. All of the law firms in these networks operate independently and are engaged directly by clients. Whether the client engages us to work as a team or separately, our access to outstanding legal talent world-wide provides value to clients wherever they go.

Since the 1980s, we have been building business and governmental relationships in China's major commercial and financial centers. In February 1998, Baker & Daniels became one of only 31 U.S. law firms to receive a license from the Chinese Ministry of Justice to be an approved foreign law firm and open an office in China.

What we do

Baker & Daniels' International Practice offers practical and cost effective legal services to clients whose business activities spread beyond current national boundaries.

Services Available

Our attorneys provide business and legal counsel regarding:

• Joint ventures;
• Wholly foreign owned enterprises;
• International arbitration and litigation;
• Trade disputes;
• Distribution and licensing agreements;
• Protection of intellectual property rights including patent and trademark registration;
• Information gathering and identification of business partners;
• Dealing with foreign governments;
• Problem solving and negotiations;
• Immigration and emigration counseling and agency representation;
• Federal and state tax issues related to international trade;
• Government affairs; and
• Venture capital and initial public offerings.