“. . . Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP has a global presence.”
The Legal 500 United States
Olshan's International Law Group helps companies achieve their global ambitions worldwide, delivering practical, cost-effective, client-focused solutions that enable business expansion beyond home borders. Our sophisticated global network of long-term relationships with foreign counsel, investigators, finance, and real estate sources paves the way for smooth business operations and a competitive edge for clients.
For decades, our lawyers have represented international clients in all legal areas critical to ensuring success, from business inception and growth to exit strategy. Whether assisting foreign clients doing business in the U.S. or American clients operating in foreign jurisdictions, Olshan delivers exceptional results in advertising, marketing and promotions, bankruptcy and creditor's rights, litigation, corporate and securities law, intellectual property law, real estate, tax and other business-related matters. Our clients range from high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs to small private ventures and multinational corporations in various industries worldwide.
Deeply experienced in Europe (including the UK and Eastern Europe), Canada, Latin America, the Middle East, and Asia, we represent a variety of clients including one of the world’s largest international publishing firms, a leading French advertising agency, major French insurance companies, one of the largest fruit importers in Canada, a French pharmaceutical manufacturer, various German automotive parts and equipment suppliers, and numerous publicly traded Japanese companies.
A Diverse, Internationally Recognized Team
Based on thousands of annual interviews with clients and peers, Olshan’s lawyers are consistently recognized by leading legal publications such as Chambers USA, Martindale-Hubbell, Best Lawyers, and The Legal 500 U.S. The International Group is composed of world-renowned leaders in their practice areas who regularly handle high-profile, cross-border commercial matters. Our multicultural team of lawyers includes members fluent in Spanish, French, Russian, Mandarin, Hebrew, Albanian, Bambara, Polish, Arabic, Farsi, Afrikaans and Portuguese, among other languages.
A Global Network of Experts
Through our Globalaw™ and LAWorld memberships and the Brazil/American Chamber of Commerce, we have expanded our reach and expertise to serve clients worldwide. Our network of experienced offshore counsel comprises 100 independent law firms in more than 85 countries and 165 cities. Additionally, we have well-established long-term relationships with attorneys and firms overseas to handle various intellectual property, corporate and other legal issues that require transnational attention.
Seamless Coordination of Services
If litigation or regulatory investigations or enforcement actions arise, our International Practice Group lawyers work closely with Olshan's Cross-Border Litigation team, which advises and defends international and U.S. clients in sensitive government investigations, regulatory enforcement actions, and civil and criminal cross-border litigation, arbitrations and asset recovery cases. Our lawyers are also deeply experienced in Foreign Corrupt Practice Act (FCPA) matters, securities laws, the Commodity Exchange Act, and the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). In addition, the firm represents domestic and international clients before the International Centre of Dispute Resolution (ICDR).
- Represented Cyient DLM (NSE: CYIENTDLM), a leading Indian integrated electronics manufacturing company and a subsidiary of Cyient (NSE: CYIENT), in connection with its acquisition of Altek Electronics, a prominent electronic manufacturing services company, enabling Cyient to strengthen its capabilities across key sectors and expand its global footprint.
- Represented Ness Technologies, Inc. in connection with multiple acquisitions, including its $25 million acquisition of Olas Software Solutions Inc. (d/b/a Innova Solutions), a provider of IT services and solutions based in the United States and India.
- Acting as outside general several public companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges but headquartered overseas.
- Advised in the first-ever proxy contest in the Netherlands Antilles and through proxy contests successfully obtained representation on the boards of directors of Japanese and South Korean public companies.
- Represented a developer in a joint venture for the development and financing of the Hilton Hotel in Erbil, the political and business capital of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
- Served as U.S. counsel to Pentalum Technologies, Inc., an Israeli wind power company, in connection with its venture capital equity financing by US and Israeli institutional investors.
- Negotiated intellectual property assignments, licenses, coexistence and various other commercial agreements and managed international trademark litigation and multi-country conflicts around the globe.
- Represented an international advertising agency holding company and its agencies to technology companies to major pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies in web development, design and hosting agreements; software license agreements; application service provider agreements; software development agreements; and channel partner agreements.
- Represented various closely held Japanese businesses in their efforts to form U.S. subsidiaries and start doing business in the U.S.
- Represented two publicly traded Japanese companies in bankruptcy litigation involving the U.S. rights to a well-known anime character.
- Represented an English software company in its business divorce from its U.S. distributor.
- Represented a privately held international chemicals company in arbitration before the Centre for International Arbitration in a dispute with an Indian supplier about its exclusive distribution agreement.
- Represented the U.S. governing body for the sport of polo against a well-known fashion company in an arbitration venued in India pertaining to its Indian licensee and managed litigation in Mexico, Singapore and France.
- Overseen various data collections in Japan, France and England for litigation matters.
- Conducted due diligence investigation of a U.S. subsidiary of a French company in connection with a French private equity firm's investment in the French parent company.
- Routinely represent marketers and advertising agencies in connection with the clearance of international advertising campaigns, sweepstakes, contest and other promotions.
- Routinely represent a wide variety of online businesses with respect to developing international online privacy policies and terms of use.
- Represented a large Chinese telecom company before ICDR in connection with a dispute involving telecom supply equipment arising in Kyrgyzstan.
- Represented the appointed foreign representative of an Australian pharmaceutical company in its Chapter 15 insolvency case in the United States Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York and thereafter in the successful dismissal of a class action lawsuit for violations of U.S. securities laws.
- Represented U.S. real estate owners and developers with respect to investments made by sovereign wealth funds and other foreign investors in U.S. assets.
