Our International Legal Services team is dedicated to providing comprehensive legal support to clients operating across borders. We offer a wide range of services tailored to meet the unique needs of multinational corporations, small businesses, and individuals engaged in international activities, including transactions, investments, tax strategy, trade compliance, dispute resolution, immigration and workplace solutions, intellectual property protection, and regulatory compliance.

Our team of experienced lawyers combines local knowledge with global perspectives to deliver practical solutions that align with your business objectives. Whether you are expanding into new markets, managing international contracts, or addressing regulatory challenges, we are here to support you every step of the way.

International Services Areas of Focus:

• Regulatory
  • Trade enforcement and compliance
    • Compliance materials and trainings
    • Advising on compliance with regulations
    • Advising on mandatory or voluntary reporting
    • Responding to enforcement by agencies
  • Assessing foreign direct investment into the United States (i.e., Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS))
  • Advising on import compliance, including classification, tariffs, duties, antidumping and countervailing duties, valuation, and other issues
  • Advising on export control and licensing issues
  • Advising on compliance with trade treaties, free trade agreements, and other international agreements, including United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and Dominican Republic-Central America FTA, among others
  • Assessing application of sanctions regimes in global trade, including Know Your Customer considerations
  • Lobbying and consulting
  • Procurement and overseas sales and technology demonstrations
  • Compliance with international trade-related regulations and procedures for several United States government agencies
• Business and Transactional
  • Corporate matters
  • Cross border mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
  • Commercial transactions
  • Supply chain, logistics, and distribution
  • Outsourcing
  • Foreign direct investments
    • Company/legal entity set up
    • Joint ventures
    • Strategic alliances
    • Teaming arrangements
  • Tax incentives and regulatory compliance
  • Forced labor compliance
  • Buy American Act and other government contracting considerations
• Workplace Solutions
  • Labor and employment
  • Immigration
  • Contractors
  • Benefits
  • Compliance
• Intellectual Property
  • ITC/Section 337 litigation
  • Licensing
  • Patents
  • Trademark
  • Copyright
  • Software development and licensing
• Data Security & Privacy
• Litigation 
• Geographic Focus
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
  • Several of our lawyers and professional services team members are multilingual or fluent in a number of languages, enabling Ice Miller to meet our international clients on their own language terms.