Entering the U.S. Market

We regularly assist foreign companies to expand their business activities into the U.S.

Foreign companies typically enter the U.S. market in two ways:

(i) indirectly, through various arrangements between the foreign company and a U.S.-based commercial partner, such as a distribution relationship, license agreement or a joint venture or other strategic alliance transaction; or

(ii) directly, by establishing a new U.S. subsidiary or acquiring an existing U.S. company.

Assisting foreign clients entering the U.S. requires advice across a range of practice areas, including business/tax structuring, general commercial contracts, employment/labor and benefits, compliance, intellectual property and dispute resolution. Because of our experience working across these different practice areas, we are often consulted as outside “general counsel” for the foreign client.  

What sets us apart, however, is our deep understanding of issues relevant to our foreign clients. We have been working with foreign clients for over fifty years, and many of our lawyers have extensive experience with the legal systems and business cultures of other countries, some having practiced law in foreign jurisdictions. This experience allows us not only to advise foreign clients on matters of New York or U.S. law, but also to put that advice in the context of the legal framework of their home jurisdiction. We are pleased to say that many of our foreign clients have referred our Firm to friends and colleagues in their home jurisdictions, often expressing satisfaction that our Firm was able to provide sophisticated legal advice with more attentive service and more efficient staffing than they had experienced with larger U.S. or international firms.