International Transactions

We draw on the wide range of capabilities of our lawyers to address clients' international challenges in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, business immigration, finance, customs, trade, regulatory, tax, intellectual property, unfair trade investigations, insurance, employment and labor, international disputes and arbitrations, antitrust, real estate, government incentives, environmental, global supply chain management, and privacy and data concerns.

Honigman also has access to a global network of attorneys to provide service to our clients on cross-border transactions. Honigman is a member of Interlaw Ltd., an international association of independent full service corporate law firms in 140 cities worldwide. Since 1982, Interlaw has been the preferred network for global companies that require the experience of business lawyers who are fluent in the native language, laws, rules, regulations, and customs of their own jurisdiction and who are broadly educated and experienced with domestic and international matters.

Honigman has provided advice regarding and handled numerous international legal and regulatory matters, including:

• Energy supply agreements for clients doing business in Australia
• Customs matters, both domestic and pursuant to other countries' customs regimes
• Investigations, voluntary disclosures, and enforcement actions arising under U.S. export laws, including the EAR, ITAR, and sanctions and embargoes regulations
• Criminal seizures of counterfeit merchandise in various countries
• Establishment of subsidiaries/joint ventures in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia
• Investigations arising under antidumping/countervailing duty and global safeguard laws
• Compliance with the Commerce Control List
• Labor and employment law matters in North America, Europe, and Africa
• Tax matters pursuant to local law in North America and Europe
• Matters related to preferential trade programs, such as the Generalized System of Preferences
• Formation of insurance companies in leading international insurance jurisdictions such as Bermuda and the Cayman Islands
• U.S. insureds entering into sophisticated insurance transactions with international companies
• Transfers of personal information between the U.S. and E.U. and compliance with a variety of other international data-protection laws
• International arbitrations and civil court cases
• Mergers and acquisitions involving companies and assets located around the world
• International complex structured financing transactions
• Management of global intellectual property portfolios

Our international trade attorneys have practiced before a wide array of federal and state regulatory agencies with jurisdiction over international trade matters, including:

• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• U.S. International Trade Commission/International Trade Administration
• Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
• U.S. Foreign and Commercial Service
• Department of State, Office of Defense Trade Controls
• Bureau of Industry and Security
• Office of Foreign Asset Control
• Michigan Department of Management and Budget
• Michigan Department of Agriculture
• Michigan Economic Development Corporation