International Transactions: Our International Transactions Group represents international clients in the U.S domestic market, as well as clients in the international markets.  The Group offers full range of business services: forming the appropriate U.S. business entity; establishing the best physical location in the United States; complying with U.S. federal, state and local laws including tax, employment, environmental and regulatory requirements; protecting intellectual property rights; assisting in appropriate forms of product or service distribution; creating appropriate forms for sales and collection; and all other aspects of establishing and developing business in the United States. Representative international transactions outside of the U.S. include: dealership agreements, opening branch offices and subsidiaries; structuring foreign operations to plan for tax liabilities and employment costs; intellectual property protection including patents, trademarks and trade names; international litigation and arbitration; severance and replacement of dealers or distributors and international financing. Immigration Our firm has experts in immigration law who rely on their experience and knowledge of this intricate area of the law that will best serve each client’s needs whether the client is an international corporation, a small business or an individual.  We offer the full range of immigration-related legal services, including services relating to travel documents, green card application nonimmigrant (temporary) visas, employment-based immigrant visas and permanent resident petitions, family-based immigrant visas, adjustment of status processing, visa processing abroad and U.S. citizenship and naturalization. Immigration laws and procedures in the United States are perennially changing and are subject to the fluidity of issues facing domestic and international lawmakers. With the tragic events of September 11, 2001, significant changes to the INS and its procedures seem imminent.  As a result, we will continue to provide our clients with quality legal assistance with all their immigration needs.  We assist our clients to achieve their immigration objectives by dealing directly with the necessary state and federal agencies, including the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Embassies and Consulates, the U.S. Department of Labor and state Departments of Workforce Development.