Dilworth Paxson is a unique law practice in that it is exclusively limited to the practice of Customs Law, International Trade Law, International Tax Law, International Corporate Law and International Transportation Law. Unlike other law firms where these practice areas constitute only a fraction of the firms' overall practice, here at Dilworth Paxson our clients can be assured that the legal advice they receive represents advice from advisors who are deeply entrenched in their fields of practice and who collectively have more than 30 years of practical international business experience.
U.S. Customs is responsible for regulating the import of goods & services into the United States, regulating the export of goods & services out of the United States and enforcing its own import and export regulations as well as those of other U.S. Government agencies. Foreign customs agencies have similar responsibilities.
In practicing Customs Law and providing import services, Diworth Paxson assists importers and exporters in achieving and maintaining full compliance with all relevant Customs laws and regulations – both in the U.S. and abroad. We represent our clients before the U.S. Customs Service, the Court of International Trade as well as other federal courts and assist our clients in dealing with the import/export requirements of a host of other federal agencies including the Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Consumer Products Safety Commission, Department of Commerce and Agriculture, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), U. S. Department of State and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
While importers and exporters are the primary focus of our Customs Law and Import practice, we also provide Customs Law and Import services to Customs House Brokers, Freight Forwarders, NVOCC’s, Air Carriers and Ocean Carriers.
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Dilworth Paxson LLP's International Law Group assists clients in obtaining employment-based immigrant visas in the following categories:
- Immigrant investors with substantial funds invested in the United States;
- Immigrants with extraordinary ability in business, arts, or sciences;
- Managers and executives of multi-national businesses;
- Outstanding professors or researchers;
- Physicians and other immigrants with advanced degrees performing in the national interest;
- And Immigrants with a Bachelors degree or higher, and prior work experience.
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International Trade Law is a combination of privately negotiated contractual arrangements and varied national and international laws that come together to govern the cross border trade of goods and services.
Multilateral treaties in which the U.S. is a participating country -- notably the U.N. Convention for the International Sales of Goods and the U.N. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards -- yield often-unanticipated results in private contractual relations and play an important role in shaping the outcome of international trade transactions.
Adding further to the mix is a series of federal laws and regulations that prescribe international trade controls and international trade procedures, which are very often quite complex, somewhat confusing and not always fully transparent.
The state of the existing laws and regulations, notwithstanding, importers and exporters who disregard the importance of strict compliance with international trade laws and regulations do so at their own peril, in that these laws and regulations are actively and vigorously enforced by the U.S. Government and by foreign Governments. Thus, strict compliance with international trade laws and regulations, while not in its own right a mandatory legal obligation, is the only way to go for importers and exporters who wish to avoid fines, penalties, incarceration and suspension and/or revocation of their international trading privileges.
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Every international business transaction must provide for tax consequences likely to be encountered in at least two different countries – the country in which the party undertaking the international business transaction is domiciled and the country in which the international business transaction is undertaken.
The United States taxes international business transactions in accord with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code, the Internal Revenue Regulations and a series of tax treaties that the United States has negotiated -- and continues to negotiate -- on an individual basis with various countries throughout the world.
Countries outside the United States tax international business transactions in accord with the requirements of their respective tax laws, tax regulations and individually negotiated country-specific tax treaties.
It is in fact the confluence of different countries’ separate tax regimes in international business transactions that makes the discipline of international tax law as complex, problematic and troublesome as it often tends to be. Nonetheless, the tax consequences of international business transactions need to be taken into account in the planning and execution of international business transactions, as failure to do so could quite possibly cause an otherwise-profitable business transaction to become a losing proposition.
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To be truly competitive in business today, companies must have a business orientation that is at least international, if not multinational, in scope. This means that modern-day companies must open themselves up to dealing not only with the laws of the country in which they are domiciled, but also with the laws of the countries in which they transact business operations.
International Corporate law, therefore, is an amalgam of private contractual arrangements, national laws and foreign country laws. The breadth and extent of International Corporate Law is often times not fully recognized or appreciated. Adding to the complexity of International Corporate Law are the varied forms that international business operations assume.
These forms include incoming/outgoing foreign investments, foreign joint ventures, foreign distributor/agent relationships, foreign mergers and acquisitions, international restructurings, new technology exploitation and intellectual property licensing.
In providing International Corporate Law Services, Dilworth Paxson works with small and medium-sized businesses, multi-national concerns, U.S.-base operations, foreign operations and industries of all types.
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A key component to any international business transaction is an arduous assessment of the most efficient, most cost-effective and most secure manner in which to move goods through the stream of commerce. Through the use of alternative carriers and transportation mechanisms, shippers can develop specific strategies to minimize the cost of moving products to foreign marketplaces and to reduce their liabilities to the extent possible.
In assessing the alternative carriers and transportation mechanisms, which are available, shippers must deal with international transportation Law. This law is an amalgam of private contractual arrangements, national laws and international treaties, such as the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA) and the Warsaw Convention.
In practicing International Transportation Law, Dilworth Paxson represents shippers, Customs Brokers, Freight Forwarders, NVOCC, air carriers, ocean carriers and warehouse operators.
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