Asian Practice
Our Asian Practice Group is an interdisciplinary practice group which focuses on a mix of established United States subsidiaries of Asian multinational corporations and their parent companies and Asian American owned or founded businesses. We are a mid-sized law firm located in mid-town Manhattan, and offer clients a convenient full range of practical and efficient legal services, personalized service, partner level advice and a cost-effective approach to legal problems.
Attorneys in our Asian Practice Group have broad-based commercial, corporate and finance, intellectual property, tax and litigation capabilities. Many of our attorneys have varying degrees of fluency in Chinese, Korean, Taiwanese and other languages, and have lived in or traveled extensively to Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and other Asian countries. Our range of relevant legal experience, years of experience in dealing with Asian and Asian-American owned businesses and their personnel, combined with the cultural understanding and language capabilities of our attorneys, distinguish us from other firms of our size and caliber in the United States.
Attorneys in our Asian Practice are experienced in handling these matters:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Joint ventures and strategic alliances
- Inbound investment and subsidiary and branch operations
- Private placements and public offerings
- Structures for distributing products imported from abroad
- Arbitration and mediation
- Commercial claims, contract disputes and litigation
- Executive compensation and employee benefit plans
- Patent technology and trademark licensing
- Patent, trademark, copyright infringement and unfair competition
- Leasing and purchasing real property
- International taxation
Phillips Nizer LLP is a member firm of LAWorld, a technology driven network of commercial law firms around the world. Most member firms of LAWorld are medium sized, with the ability to devote personal attention to their clients. Through this network and other international affiliations, including Japanese law firms, we can provide our clients cross-border services and tap into the local resources and experience of many reputable law firms around the world. |
