Attorneys in the International/Cross-Border Practice Group concentrate in a broad range of practice areas involving international business law including in the following areas:

Antidumping duty proceedings
Antitrust (competition law, in many other countries
Bankruptcy/international creditors' issues
Business litigation
Canada/U.S. cross-border issues
Customs and tariff matters
Dispute resolution, including arbitration and mediation
Distribution agreements
Domestic and foreign technology transfers and joint ventures
Employee benefits (multinational employer issues)
Executive compensation and estate planning for international corporate executives
Export control matters
Foreign subsidiaries
Government relations
Immigration
Intellectual property
International business practices audits
International business law
International technology and licensing
International tax
International trade
Joint ventures
Mergers and acquisitions involving foreign entities
National security investigations (CFIUS investigations)
Transportation
U.S. Canada Free Trade Agreement and North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) issues

We represent both foreign clients with personal or business dealings in the United States and domestic clients with business in foreign countries. We have extensive experience counseling U.S.-based businesses on the legal issues involved with entering and developing new markets for their goods and services in foreign countries.

Hodgson Russ also represents Canadian and international clients in resolving disputes with U.S.-based business partners, including in the federal and state courts. Our attorneys handle arbitrations and mediations before all domestic and international bodies and represent clients before numerous administrative agencies, both state and federal.

We provide legal services to clients in conjunction with U.S. government agency oversight of imported and exported commodities. Representative agencies are:

Food and Drug Administration
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Communications Commission
Department of Agriculture
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
(in excess of 40 U.S. government agencies)

Our Toronto* office is the firm's first foreign office. In connection with the firm's Canadian/U.S. practice, senior members of the group are licensed as Foreign Legal Consultants in the Province of Ontario.

* Licensed Foreign Legal Consultants in Ontario. Practice restricted to U.S. law.

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