Practice Areas & Industries: Roetzel & Andress, A Legal Professional Association

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Our International Business Law attorneys have assisted U.S. companies in the execution of their inward investment strategies in key financial centers and developing countries around the world. We also represent foreign companies in their establishment of U.S. distribution and other logistics networks, as well as their acquisition, disposition, and operation of subsidiary holdings in the U.S. In addition, we counsel domestic clients in the acquisition, divestiture, and operation of foreign entities. We work closely with our clients to develop strategic growth plans, anticipate and resolve legal issues, construct efficient tax structures, and manage transaction negotiations, mergers and acquisitions.

Services Available

Our team offers experienced transaction, litigation, and arbitration counsel across a broad scope of matters. We represent domestic, foreign, and cross-border companies that are privately held or publicly listed on foreign exchanges around the world. These clients include manufacturers of industrial and consumer products, distributors, transporters, and service companies in both high-tech and more traditional businesses.

Many of our attorneys speak, write, and read foreign languages and are able to interpret legal documents. Several of our attorneys have practiced abroad in Europe. In addition, Roetzel & Andress is a member of Consulegis, an international network of independent law firms, which was designed to provide prompt access to qualified, local counsel in key foreign jurisdictions throughout the world.

Representative Services

• Business process outsourcing
• Cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
• Establishment of foreign operations
• Exports and imports
• Foreign arbitration and mediation
• Foreign and international trade zones, export regulations, counterfeiting, customs benefits, and tax incentives
• Global IT systems procurement and implementation
• Governmental relations
• Hague Convention Treaty issues
• Immigration
• Intellectual property - patent and trademark prosecution and enforcement
• International trade documentation, shipping, and logistics
• Strategic alliances and joint ventures
• Technology transfers and commercialization agreements

Representative Matters

• Acted as counsel in the acquisition of an abrasives company with assets in the U.K. and North America
• Negotiated and documented several strategic alliances with businesses in Mexico, Germany, France, and China
• Structured a new product research and development alliance between U.S. and French manufacturers of coated fabrics sold for architectural structure applications
• Completed a strategic manufacturing joint venture in Germany for an industrial products company
• Negotiated and documented the investment of $3.2 million in entities in China and Brazil that supply metal fasteners
• Negotiated and documented the purchase of industrial equipment from an Italian manufacturer
• Represented a German citizen and a Malaysian company in a trade secret and competition lawsuit in the U.S. Advised the company regarding related litigation and arbitration proceedings in Germany and related litigation in Malaysia
• Represented a Fortune 500 company in libel and tortious interference litigation in the U.S. regarding activities in Chile and Germany
• Filed foreign patent applications and assisted with licensing negotiations with foreign companies on behalf of a university system
• Represented a Fortune 500 company in a dispute with an engineering company concerning a large boiler facility built in Austria and involving legal issues in Austria, Germany, and Belgium
• Represented the CEO and several executive officers of a $500 million publicly held, multinational Canadian company in an International Grand Jury Investigation of price fixing activities in the agricultural industry
• Represented a producer of industrial vinyl-coated Dacron / polyester yarn fabrics to structure strategic alliances with foreign manufacturers / distributors of similar products