Doing Business in Brazil
Patrick J. Kelly, December 2011
Fredrikson & Byron Lawyer Patrick Kelly Receives Lifetime Recognition Award from CLUES - October 15, 2010
Facilitating Business Transactions IN Latin America AND Mexico
Fredrikson & Byron established its Latin America practice to support our clients’ rapidly-growing business interests throughout Mexico and Latin America. We primarily advise U.S. companies currently doing business in, or considering doing business in, Latin America. We also specifically represent Mexican companies doing business in Mexico, as well as Latin American companies expanding to the U.S.
Our lawyers bring a wide range of legal, cultural, linguistic, and geographical skills and experience to bear when serving clients with international needs.”
Services
Fredrikson & Byron is the only Minnesota law firm that has an office in Mexico. The office supports clients in Mexico and throughout Latin America including Central and South America, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic. Our Mexico office advises clients on a broad range of corporate and international matters ranging from corporate structure, tax, foreign investment, mergers and acquisitions, finance, contracts, labor and employment, securing debt, manufacturing (including setting up maquiladora and PITEX programs), joint ventures, and sales and distribution (including franchising). We also work extensively with real estate developers and individuals purchasing and/or developing real estate in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America. Our work includes representing U.S. lenders, hedge funds, and investors on deals in Latin America.
The firm’s Latin America practice includes attorneys with diverse backgrounds and experience with international companies and the issues they face. Patrick Kelly and Luis Reséndiz oversee the Monterrey office, drawing on their diverse cultural backgrounds and experience to counsel clients from Mexico doing business in the U.S. and from the U.S. doing business in Mexico. Having lived in both Spain and Mexico, Pat is fluent in Spanish and reads Portuguese. Pat has advised clients doing business in Mexico and elsewhere in Latin America for 19 years. Luis, a native of Mexico, graduated from law school in both Mexico and Minnesota, and he is licensed and has practiced law for a number of years in both jurisdictions. His dual education and experience uniquely qualify him to advise individuals and companies performing cross-border operations. Members of the firm’s International Group also practice in the Monterrey office and Latin America as needed.
Typical International Law Services
- Acquiring International Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Rights
- Equity Joint Ventures
- Export Licensing
- Foreign Investments in U.S. Enterprises
- U.S. Developers Buying and Developing Real Estate in Foreign Countries
- Foreign Investments in U.S. Real Estate, including Tax and Regulatory Aspects
- Immigration Matters
- International Patent Litigation
- Foreign Sales Corporations
- Foreign Subsidiaries of U.S. Corporations
- International Banking Transactions
- International Sales and Distribution
- International Franchising
- International Sourcing
- U.S./Foreign Tax Treaties Interpretation
- Labor and Employment including Expatriate Issues
- International Collections
- Letters of Credit and other International Trade Finance Mechanisms
- Licensing Patent, Trademark, Know-How, and Rights in other Jurisdictions
- Mergers, Acquisitions and Disposition of Companies and Business Segments
- NAFTA, MERCOSUR, and WTO Issues
- Worldwide IP Registration
- Strategic Alliances
- Technology Transfer
- United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods
- U.S. Customs Country of Origin Labeling Requirements
- U.S. Investments in Foreign Corporations
Bios
Primary Attorneys
Patrick J. Kelly, Chair
Luis G. Reséndiz
Richard E. Weiner