• International trade and investment (e.g., resort development, commercial development, and agricultural investment)
• Financing (e.g., Export-Import Bank financing)
• U.S. and certain foreign issues (e.g., U.S. federal, state and local tax issues)
• Foreign Sales Corporations
• Corporate and partnership structuring, documentation, registration and reporting
• Labor and employment issues (U.S., state and local laws)
• Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
• Antitrust issues (e.g., transaction structuring, compliance and reporting requirements)
• Technology transfer issues
• International commercial arbitration and conciliation
• Government affairs (e.g., negotiations with U.S. Departments of Interior, State and Defense)

Asian Investment in the U.S.

The Asia-Pacific region contains the fastest growing economies in the world. We assists many clients from Asia in investing and establishing businesses in the United States and Mexico. Our attorneys, many of whom are multi-lingual, provide guidance on American business practices and legal requirements, including:

• Acquisitions, sales and mergers
• Financing
• Foreign investment structuring, disclosure and reporting requirements
• Registration of foreign companies and branch offices
• Corporate and business entity structuring (e.g., LLC, LLP, joint ventures, partnerships, foreign trusts)
• Tax planning (e.g., income and wealth transfer, business entity structuring issues)
• Immigration (e.g., treaty trader and investor visas, professional visas, labor certificates, permanent resident alien status)
• Labor and employment issues (e.g., U.S. and local requirements)
• Environmental laws and compliance
• Customs laws