International Business
Butzel Long has extensive experience advising multinational and domestic companies on cross-border transactions. Our clients are active in a myriad of industries, including automotive, computer and technology, consulting, financial services, freight forwarding, manufacturing, media, research and development, and sales and marketing. We have counseled domestic clients in establishing or expanding their global presence into Asia, Australia, Canada, Central America, Central Europe, India, Mexico, the Middle East, South America, and Western Europe. We have also helped foreign entities enter the United States market.
We are a founding member of Lex Mundi, an association of 160 independent law firms located around the world. Lex Mundi gives us immediate and cost-efficient access to legal information and resources throughout the world, and it helps us keep on top of legal developments that affect clients on a national and international scale.
Our international business team can assist in structuring joint ventures, creating business entities, establishing and monitoring distribution, and drafting commercial agency and licensing agreements. We also advise on government licensing and regulation, immigration, employment, intellectual property, taxation, and other commercial and legal issues relating to all business activities.
Experience
- Counsel for formation of Mexican joint venture
- Asset acquisition for publicly traded foreign-based corporation
- Commercial counsel for automotive companies
- Represented Greek Government interests in variety of matters involving public and private international law
- Represented Greek Government interests in variety of matters involving public and private international law
- Represented U.S and German subsidiaries of Japan-based manufacturing company in acquisition of aerospace and defense company from subsidiaries of U.K.-based manufacturer, which included CFIUS and ITAR filings
- Negotiations of series of sales representative agreements with multi-national entities
News
- December 15, 2020
- December 11, 2020
- October 22, 2020
- April 30, 2020
- April 16, 2020
- January 21, 2020
- November 1, 2019
- Detroit Lawyer, October 29, 2019
- WJR 760 AM, October 14, 2019
- October 11, 2019
- April 18, 2019
- February 25, 2019
- November 16, 2018
- Macomb Daily, October 29, 2018
- October 12, 2018
- October 10, 2018
- October 7, 2018
- September 25, 2018
- September 19, 2018
- July 19, 2018
- July 12, 2018
- June 11, 2018
- June 5, 2018
- May 25, 2018
- March 28, 2018
- February 18, 2018
- October 23, 2017
- October 8, 2017
- September 21, 2017
- August 7, 2017
- June 28, 2017
- May 25, 2017
- November 1, 2016
- May 31, 2016
- December 16, 2015
- October 12, 2015
- September 24, 2015
- July 28, 2015
- January 13, 2015
- December 12, 2014
- September 11, 2014
- November 4, 2013
- November 5, 2012
- October 4, 2012
- November 9, 2011
- June 9, 2011
- Butzel Long attorney is president of French-American Chamber of Commerce Michigan ChapterOctober 14, 2010
- December 10, 2009
- October 22, 2008
- June 26, 2008
- June 11, 2008
- October 17, 2007
Team Members
- Shareholder
- Shareholder
- Director
- Shareholder
- Director
- Shareholder
- Shareholder
- Senior Attorney
- Counsel
- Counsel
- Counsel
- Associate
- Associate
- Associate
Publications
- December 22, 2020
- December 14, 2020
- November 17, 2020
- October 26, 2020
- October 19, 2020
- September 16, 2020
- August 6, 2020
- July 23, 2020
- July 15, 2020
- June 25, 2020
- June 17, 2020
- May 19, 2020
- May 15, 2020
- May 14, 2020
- May 13, 2020
- April 27, 2020
- April 23, 2020
- April 20, 2020
- April 2, 2020
- March 27, 2020
- March 26, 2020
- March 23, 2020
- March 3, 2020
- March 2, 2020
- February 19, 2020
- February 3, 2020
- January 29, 2020
- January 16, 2020
- January 15, 2020
- January 6, 2020
- December 13, 2019
- December 11, 2019
- December 5, 2019
- November 19, 2019
- October 24, 2019Detroit Lawyer
- August 26, 2019
- August 7, 2019
- August 2, 2019
- July 3, 2019
- July 2, 2019
- June 21, 2019
- June 7, 2019
- What Butzel Clients (and Others) Can Do Right Now about Tariffs – Write/Call Your Congressional RepsJune 5, 2019
- May 31, 2019
- May 31, 2019
- May 21, 2019
- May 17, 2019
- May 17, 2019
- May 14, 2019
- May 10, 2019
- May 6, 2019
- March 26, 2019
- March 25, 2019
- February 27, 2019
- February 25, 2019
- January 16, 2019
- January 10, 2019
- January 2, 2019
- December 18, 2018
- December 5, 2018
- November 14, 2018
- October 15, 2018
- October 8, 2018
- October 5, 2018
- September 18, 2018
- September 7, 2018
- August 31, 2018
- August 29, 2018
- August 9, 2018
- August 2, 2018
- July 11, 2018
- July 9, 2018
- June 21, 2018
- June 21, 2018
- June 15, 2018
- June 6, 2018
- June 1, 2018
- May 30, 2018
- May 24, 2018
- May 22, 2018
- May 10, 2018
- May 8, 2018
- May 4, 2018
- May 1, 2018
- April 4, 2018
- March 26, 2018
- March 20, 2018
- March 12, 2018
- March 6, 2018
- July 18, 2017
- June 30, 2017
- May 24, 2017
- May 18, 2017
- January 30, 2017
- December 21, 2016
- November 17, 2016
- November 11, 2016
- September 15, 2016
- August 5, 2016
- March 3, 2015
- July 24, 2014
- March 8, 2012