Doing Business in Brazil
Patrick J. Kelly, December 2011
An article by Rich Weiner, “Establishing Business Operations in Japan,” was published in the May 2011 Biorefining Magazine
Overview
Facilitating Business Transactions Around the World
Members of Fredrikson & Byron’s International Group represent domestic and global businesses and individuals with dealings in the global marketplace. Operating out of offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Bismarck, North Dakota; Fargo, North Dakota; Des Moines, Iowa; Monterrey, Mexico; and Shanghai, China, our lawyers bring a wide range of legal, cultural, linguistic, and geographical skills and experience to bear when serving clients with international needs.
Our lawyers bring a wide range of legal, cultural, linguistic, and geographical skills and experience to bear when serving clients with international needs.”
Attorneys in this group are experienced in handling a broad spectrum of matters, including commercial and financial transactions, cross border mergers and acquisitions (including foreign merger controls), foreign real estate, finance, acquisitions and development, immigration, distribution of goods, franchising, as well as strategic alliances and company formations. We also advise and counsel clients on patents, trademarks, and copyrights; marketing, distribution and sales contracts; licensing agreements; and taxation.
International Group attorneys maintain a wide network of contacts and consultants both locally and abroad including bankers, accountants, translators, and law firms. We are a member of the World Services Group (WSG), an affiliation that provides our firm and clients with immediate access to a worldwide network of reputable professional service providers - legal, accounting, architectural, insurance, and real estate to name a few. It allows the group to accommodate our clients’ needs in virtually every country in the world.
We also have deep foreign language capabilities within the firm. Among our staff we have the ability to speak, read or write 10 different languages from around the world. In addition we have four attorneys who are licensed to practice law in their native countries as well as in the United States, which gives our clients immediate access to expertise of those countries’ legal systems.
Several attorneys in Fredrikson & Byron’s International Law Group have particular expertise assisting clients in the establishment, operation and termination of distributors, dealers, resellers, sales representatives, licensees, and franchisees in countries around the world. We have extensive experience representing companies in the resolution of disputes with these parties, including foreign arbitration and litigation proceedings. We assist clients with international business networks in such varied industries as cosmetics, chemicals, medical devices, software, boat manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, printing, finance, and biotechnology. We also have a national client base and strong expertise in representing lenders, investors, developers and individual purchasers with regard to real estate matters in Latin America. Our attorneys provide practical legal advice to small, mid-size, and Fortune 500 companies concerning their international business network needs.
Typical International Law Services
- Acquiring International Patent, Trademark and Copyright rights
- 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 Representative and Distribution
- International Franchising
- International Sourcing
- Interpretation of U.S./Foreign Tax Treaties
- Labor and Employment including Expatriate Issues
- Film Rights Licensing
- International Collections
- Letters of Credit and other international trade finance mechanisms
- Licensing Patent, Trademark, Know-how and other rights in jurisdictions
- Mergers, Acquisitions, disposition of companies and business segments, and foreign and domestic merger controls
- NAFTA MERCOSUR, and WTO Issues
- Real Estate-representing lenders offering financing for the purchase and development of Mexican real estate, as well as developers and residential purchasers of real estate in Mexico and other countries in Latin America
- Registration of Intellectual Property Worldwide
- 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
Representative Clients
- Agricultural Companies
- Manufacturing Companies
- Defense
- Electronics
- Leisure-time products
- Medical Manufacturing
- Information Technology
- Real Estate Developers
Bios
Primary Attorneys
Harleigh E. Brown
Hong-Cheng "Harold" Chen
Zhu “June” Cheng
Laura J. Danielson
Steven J. Dickinson
Barry P. Fernald
Sharon K. Freier
Loan T. Huynh
Bruce A. Johnson, Of Counsel
Patrick J. Kelly
Ruilin Li
Barbara Müller
Anne M. Radolinski
Luis G. Reséndiz
E.W. Gentry Sayad
Debra A. Schneider
John H. Stout
Asmah Tareen
Richard E. Weiner, Chair