International
McDonough Holland & Allen PC is pleased to
offer expertise in both inbound and outbound transactions,
as well as licensing agreements, product distribution issues,
arbitrations, litigation and international business formations.
Our attorneys regularly advise foreign-based
companies on domestic tax and business set-up issues, particularly
in our home state of California.
In addition, as the California representative
in the State Capital Group we can provide contacts
at SCGLFG member firms in all 50 U.S. states as well as affiliates
in Mexico, Canada, South America, Central America, the Pacific
Rim, the Caribbean, Africa and Europe.
The vast majority of our experience has been
in serving as domestic advisor to international organizations
and investors, helping foreign-based companies in navigating
the business terrain here in the U.S. Notable examples of
our local representation of foreign-based companies are Kikkoman,
NEC Electronics and Ebarra.
We also help U.S. entities invest overseas
and advise U.S. companies on export control.
Representative Experience
- Representation of a California company involved
in the import and export of industrial equipment and electrical
products with the People's Republic of China, and providing
consulting services to companies seeking to expand into
the Chinese market
- Assisting a West Coast oil company and six
of its subsidiaries, including a Hong Kong corporation and
a British Virgin Islands corporation, in a $35 million revolving
credit and $15 million term loan transaction. Special counsel
was engaged in Hong Kong and the British Virgin Islands
for purposes of rendering legal opinions for the transaction.
- Representation of a Danish bank in various
matters including the assignment of a preferred ship mortgage
involving a $5.86 million ocean-going vessel based in Seattle,
Washington, and the making of a secured operating loan for
another vessel
- On behalf of a Danish company, acquisition
of approximately 31 wind turbine generators located in California
from a bankruptcy estate
- A litigation involving the government of
Taiwan
- A major arbitration to the U.S./Iranian Claims
Tribunal
- Set-up of a Cayman Island subsidiary of a
local cable company
- Formation of a closely-held California company
for a Japanese family
- Assisting a U.S. client with foreign subsidiaries
in secured loan transactions where the bank is granted a
security interest in both stock in foreign corporations
and assets of foreign subsidiaries
- Development of a software license agreement
for use in certain EU jurisdictions
- Representation of a U.S. underwriter in offering
of American Depository Receipts (ADRs) by a foreign issuer
- A preferred stock private placement to a
Cayman Islands purchaser on behalf of a U.S. issuer
- Private placement to a U.S. insurance company
of AT&T telephone receivables due from a South American
telephone company
- Assisting with the U.S. initial public offering
of shares of Canadian-based Cineplex Odeon Corporation
Countries
We have done business in or on behalf of companies based in:
- Australia
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Mexico
- People's Republic of China
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