International Business Law

As the Rocky Mountain region has emerged in the world marketplace, Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons' client base has expanded to include international businesses investing in the region, and regional companies venturing into world markets. Our goal is to help clients achieve success in international markets.

Our business lawyers have experience in inbound and outbound transactions in high technology, internet business, international banking and finance, multi-country joint ventures, real estate, distribution networks, research and development, outsourcing, trade regulation, export controls, foreign investment and manufacturing. Our tax practice features attorneys knowledgeable and experienced in structuring international and domestic transactions, foreign tax credits, addressing transfer pricing, organizing foreign joint ventures, reorganizing existing subsidiaries, and structuring offshore investment activities. Trial lawyers in our firm have handled international arbitrations and mediations as well as litigated international business disputes and jurisdictional challenges in US Federal Courts.

Although our lawyers are not licensed outside of the US, we regularly represent individuals and businesses from, or engaged in business in, Japan, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Australia, China, Taiwan, Korea, Canada, India, Malaysia, Mexico, and other countries in the European Union and South America. Also, we have represented foreign governments in the US such as Japan and Northern Ireland. We have attorneys who can effectively communicate in Spanish, Japanese, German, Mandarin Chinese, and Russian.

Our clients benefit from working relationships we have established with law firms in many of the world's major cities.