Our partner-led model means clients get senior-level attention on cross-border matters with more competitive fee structures than large multinational firms. 

We represent non-U.S. companies and individuals in their U.S. legal needs, and we represent U.S. companies whose operations, supply chains, customers, or business partners are located abroad. Our attorneys advise on how U.S. law applies to those international relationships, including export controls, trade compliance, and sanctions considerations, and help clients structure deals that work across jurisdictions. 

Whether representing a foreign company entering the American market or advising a U.S. company on international expansion, our attorneys provide skilled U.S. legal counsel with a practical understanding of cross-border issues. We represent non-U.S. clients in U.S. proceedings, advise U.S. companies with significant overseas operations, and guide clients through the U.S. legal aspects of transactions and risks that span multiple jurisdictions. 

Our International & Cross-Border Services core services include: 

• Cross-Border M&A and Corporate Partnering Transactions. We assist our non-U.S. clients in acquisitions and dispositions of domestic corporate entities or their assets, and the establishment or dissolution of U.S. joint-ventures and other corporate partnering transactions. We also accompany our U.S. clients and advise on any U.S. legal issues arising from their M&A and corporate partnering transactions abroad.  

• Cross-Border Commercial Transactions. We help clients structure manufacturing agreements, negotiate distribution deals, and license technology across borders, building commercial arrangements that are legally enforceable and commercially practical in the U.S. and abroad. We also advise on U.S. legal issues arising from foreign matters, including corporate relocations, entity formation, governance for foreign entities, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. 

• International Franchise and Distribution. We counsel franchisors pursuing expansion into overseas markets, addressing the U.S. regulatory framework governing franchise disclosure obligations and the commercial structuring essential to successful international growth. We also support U.S. clients who wish to license or distribute abroad, as well as foreign licensors and distributors who wish to expand into the U.S. 

• Intellectual Property. Our patent and trademark attorneys handle U.S. intellectual property matters for foreign companies and inventors, and work with international law firms to secure foreign IP protection for U.S. clients. We represent foreign entities directly in IP prosecution and enforcement in the United States. Our services include portfolio strategy, licensing, brand protection (including anti-counterfeiting and online enforcement), trade secret protection, and IP due diligence in cross-border deals, all coordinated with local counsel across jurisdictions. 
• Privacy and Data Protection. Moving data across borders raises complex questions under U.S. federal and state privacy laws, the GDPR, and a growing range of international data protection rules. We advise clients on the U.S. legal aspects of these requirements, including data transfer tools like Standard Contractual Clauses and Data Privacy Framework. We work with local counsel abroad as needed to help clients comply across jurisdictions.