CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS: GOODS, SERVICES, AND COMMODITIES
AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

Nearly every business can benefit from an adding an international component. Cross border transactions and foreign direct investment can increase revenue by allowing businesses to access new markets and additional resources while often times reducing costs and removing trade barriers or improving logistics. Additionally, both the U.S. federal government and many foreign governments offer significant economic incentives for doing business internationally.

Depending on the circumstances, the right international component can be a single transaction, a long-term business relationship with a foreign counterpart, or a full scale foreign investment. But without help, the unknowns of business abroad can seem risky or complicated. Newsome International Law, LLC can simplify the process and help structure safe guards that mitigate risk and protect revenue.

export control and regulatory compliance

Oftentimes the markets and industries that offer the biggest rewards also present greater complexities and obstacles. That’s because opportunity and risk are two sides of the same coin. No companies know this better than those affected by U.S. foreign policy and export control regulation. These regulations sometimes even affect companies whose products and services never leave the U.S.

Newsome International Law, LLC has experience in all of the export-control regulatory regimes, including sanctions administered by the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, Export Administration Regulations administer by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, and International Traffic and Arms Regulations administered by the Department of State’s Defense Directorate of Trade Controls. Newsome International Law, LLC helps businesses remain compliant whether dealing with U.S. territories or embargoed nations.

Representative Matters

• Compliance Programs

• Export incentive agreements (IC-DISC)

• Greenfield foreign investment

• Foreign acquisition

• Foreign trade and foreign service agreements

• Foreign manufacturing and insurance agreements

• International Sales Agreements

• International Distribution Agreements

• International Traffic in Arms and Export Controls
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• Licensing and distribution agreements

Geographic Experience:

• Australia

• Caribbean

• Colombia

• Cuba

• France

• Iran

• Israel

• Indonesia

• Mexico

• Middle East and North Africa
  (MENA)

• Panama

• Russia

• Saudi Arabia

• South Africa

• South Sudan

• United Arab Emirates