International

The International practice of Montgomery McCracken has significant experience representing the international interests of U.S. companies as well as advising non-U.S. companies on key aspects of U.S. legal procedures and practices, including organizations with business in Western Europe, Asia, Mexico, and Canada.

We counsel British and European clients in the manufacturing, software and services industries regarding:

• U.S. activities including entry strategy
• merger and acquisition activities
• joint ventures and strategic alliances
• general corporate risk management

We also represent various U.S.-based clients in their international/transnational activities including:

• mergers and acquisitions
• joint ventures
• tax
• marketing strategy
• risk management

Other examples of our work across national boundaries include the representation of foreign nationals in U.S. federal court, licensing of intellectual property, contracts for distributorship arrangements, implementation and administration of employee benefit programs, addressing the sometimes complex benefits and compensation issues of internationally mobile executives, application of immigration and nationality law to employees of multinational companies, and the transportation and protection of ocean marine shipments.

Representative European and U.S. clients include:

• Essroc (Ciments Francais)
• ThyssenKrupp EnCoke GmbH
• JBA International PLC
• Severn Trent PLC
• Scottish Heritable Trust PLC
• AMEC PLC
• Messer Griesheim GmbH
• Aventis S.A.
• Celanese AG
• SPS Technologies Inc.
• Checkpoint Systems Inc.
• Fres-co System USA Inc.
• Wulfrath Refractories Inc.
• PQ Corporation
• Sun Oil Corp.
• Celotex Corporation

In recent years we have achieved significant results for our international clients.  Recent representative engagements include:

• a precedent setting decision, regarding a Canadian company, extending NAFTA jurisdiction to a private dispute in a U.S. state court;
  
• a British start-up company providing international long distance service;
• a large subsidiary ($600mm per year) of a Japanese company in the computer peripherals industry in both domestic and international transactions;
• a Japanese company regarding aspects of the international U.C.C.;
• a U.S. company pursuing an acquisition in Britain;
• a large Canadian gas company ($8 billion) acquiring businesses in the U.S.;
• a Canadian environmental engineering firm making a U.S. acquisition; and
• a major claimant before the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal

At Montgomery McCracken, we provide comprehensive, high-quality service tailored to meet the needs of each client.  We use our practical legal and business experience to acquire a clear understanding of each client's goals and work closely with each client to realize those goals.

For information on how the International practice can serve you, please contact John H. Lewis, Jr., Chair, at 215-772-7596 or email jlewis@mmwr.com.