Burr & Forman LLP

Helping Our Clients Succeed in the Global Marketplace.

In a rapidly expanding global marketplace, businesses and individuals encounter new and unexpected legal, regulatory, cultural and financial challenges. Whether you are a U.S. business expanding operations overseas, a foreign investor looking to enter the U.S. market, or an individual moving halfway across the globe, Burr & Forman provides experience, insight and a results-oriented mindset to guide our clients to their goals.

We represent a wide variety of international clients with U.S. operations, and we also have the capability to represent our U.S. clients across the globe. Through our ever-expanding network of international professionals and our membership in TerraLex, we have the ability to connect our clients with attorneys and law firms in jurisdictions around the world.

We assist clients with international operations and issues throughout a variety of legal practice areas including:

• Global Business & Finance
• Immigration Law
• Intellectual Property
• International Tax
• Labor & Employment
• Trade and Compliance

Global Business & Finance

• Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint-Ventures, Divestitures and Reorganizations.
• International finance, including cross-border syndicated credit facilities.
• Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
• U.S. Investment Overseas.

Immigration Law

• Temporary and Permanent Visas - Assist clients in the preparation of business, professional and immigrant visas including, but not limited to, H-1B, TN, L, E, O, P and R visa applications and I-140 immigrant petitions, I-485 applications, DS-156, DS-230 and DS-260 applications and pre-entry B-1 applications.
• Labor Certifications - Assist clients in the preparation of PERM ETA-9080 labor certification applications.
• Citizenship Matters - Assist clients in gaining U.S. citizenship.
• Consular Representation - Represent clients in matters dealing with U.S. consulates abroad.
• Family-based Immigration - Assist clients with I-130 immigrant petitions for family members.
• I-9 Workplace Compliance - Advise employers on compliance procedures and work eligibility as it relates to the requirements under federal law provisions, including advising on state and federal E-Verify requirements.

Intellectual Property

• Multi-jurisdictional advice on filing and protecting patent, trademark and copyrights.
• Cross-border licensing of US-based and non-US IP.

International Tax

• Tax advice on structuring cross-border financial and lending transactions, mergers & acquisitions, joint-ventures and investments.
• Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiatives for persons with unreported foreign entities and bank accounts.
• Citizenship renouncements, Expatriations and the U.S. Exit Tax.
• Executive and personnel mobility and tax equalization.

Trade and Compliance

• Export Compliance regulations, including EAR, ITAR and OFAC.
• Anti-bribery Laws.
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).
• UK Bribery Act.
• Corporate Anti-Corruption Policies.
• Global privacy and security including the US/EU Safe Harbor.

Burr & Forman LLP is committed to recruiting, hiring, developing, and promoting lawyers and staff without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, military and protected veteran status, sexual orientation or disability.

We recognize that our ability to serve our clients is strengthened by establishing a diverse workforce in which differences are accepted and valued on an inclusive basis.

Burr & Forman LLP desires to foster a multi-cultured atmosphere that provides a cooperative work environment where everyone is treated with mutual respect, trust and understanding, and where everyone can reach their full potential. The firm values the knowledge and talents of a multicultural team in order to meet and exceed individual and business goals, and client expectations.