A growing number of U.S. businesses are seeking to expand their sales, and discover and enter new markets.  As U.S. goods and services enjoy an extremely favorable image in the foreign marketplace, there exists today - and for the foreseeable future - high market demand for innovative and competitively-priced U.S. goods and services.  RKF attorneys help many U.S. companies find foreign markets ready, willing and able to accept their products and services, through the export of goods and/or services, joint venture and partnership opportunities and investments. 

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Outbound export of goods and components often entails establishing foreign sales and marketing, financing transactions, and foreign-based assembly or further manufacturing of the exported goods.   The outbound export of services entails U.S. companies assisting foreign companies, governments and/or individuals with the provision of technical or business advice and consulting or the use of intellectual property, generating consulting and/or licensing revenues in exchange for those services.

 

In support of outbound international business goals of the client, we provide the following outbound services and assistance:

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• Locating new markets for client products and services

• Development and structuring of strategic business plans for international expansion

• Establishment of new foreign entities, including foreign branch offices, and variations of corporations and/or partnerships, including joint ventures

• Matchmaking as to foreign partners, projects and commercial opportunities

• Obtaining Foreign Government Incentives

• Ongoing legal support of international business operations

• Coordination with foreign legal counsel to assist in establishing and managing overseas facilities, and operations

• Development, distribution, protection and licensing of intellectual property

• Compliance with foreign regulatory and legal requirements, including import and visa compliance in the foreign market

• Compliance with U.S. regulatory export controls

• Drafting and negotiating international trade and business agreements

• Due Diligence as to foreign sales agents, distributors and foreign partners

• Foreign Dispute Resolution (including mediation, arbitration and litigation)

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