Bass, Berry & Sims | International

Services Attorneys	International Bass, Berry & Sims PLC has extensive experience representing U.S. and foreign clients engaged in international business activities. Our attorneys routinely represent U.S. entities conducting business internationally and non-U.S. clients in need of full-service legal representation in the United States. Our firm was top-listed in Tennessee in "International Trade and Finance Law" in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011. Through our firm’s active membership in Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms, and State Capital Group, our attorneys and clients have direct access to more than 300 preeminent law firms with more than 30,000 attorneys in over 100 countries around the world. Our clients have been particularly pleased with the fact that many of these firms are local firms, rather than a small outpost of a global mega firm. These leading local firms know the intricacies of the local politics, customs, mores and cultures in their respective countries. Four of our partners currently hold leadership roles within Lex Mundi in the areas of competition law, litigation, health law and business crimes & compliance law and one serves on the board of directors. Our in-house language capabilities include Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Tagalog among others. Our substantive international experience includes: Cross-Border Transactions Securities offerings Mergers and acquisitions Stock and asset purchases and divestitures Tender offers, tender offer defenses and proxy contests Joint ventures Restructurings Customs/import compliance Project financings Management buyouts Capital markets transactions Foreign Anti-Corruption/FCPA Investigations and Compliance Internal investigations of potential violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-corruption laws Conducting FCPA/foreign anti-corruption due diligence (e.g., acquisitions, prospective JVs, product-sourcing relationships, third-party intermediaries, etc.) Developing and implementing comprehensive FCPA/foreign anti-corruption compliance programs FCPA/foreign anti-corruption training Client counseling regarding FCPA issues and compliance (e.g., travel, gifts, entertainment, books & records, lobbying, reporting, etc.) Compliance and Government Investigations Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Securities Fraud and Enforcement Independent Regulatory Audits Foreign Anti-Corruption/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Employee Misconduct Antitrust Bank Fraud Public Corruption Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Environmental Products Liability Congressional Investigations Commercial Litigation and Arbitration Acting as advisors and liaison counsel for clients in domestic arbitrations Negotiating and structuring arbitration clauses and other dispute resolution Representing international companies by serving as U.S. counsel Representing clients in cross-border insolvencies Competition and Antitrust Law Developing and implementing antitrust compliance programs Counseling clients on compliance with the pre-merger notification requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act Litigation defense Conducting internal investigations on antitrust matters Government Advocacy Lobby for domestic legislation and policy Provide counsel on state and federal political action committees and government ethics issues Maintains close relationship with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and assists with state tax incentive availability and local government property tax abatement and tax increment financing Environmental Compliance and Litigation Compliance and enforcement matters Defending citizen suit litigation Superfund, RCRA and underground storage tanks remediation Contested matters before environmental regulatory boards Assisting with environmental assessments, safety and compliance audits Monitoring and lobbying environmental legislation and proposed regulations Representing buyers, sellers and lenders in real estate and corporate transactions Employment and Labor Law Executive employment agreement drafting and litigation Collective bargaining agreement negotiation and arbitration Merger and acquisition support Reduction in force/WARN Act consultation Non-compete agreement drafting and litigation Wage and hour compliance and litigation defense Company employee handbook preparation Employment and compensation discrimination avoidance and defense Unlawful Harassment and supervisory training FMLA leave issue management < back

International

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC has extensive experience representing U.S. and foreign clients engaged in international business activities. Our attorneys routinely represent U.S. entities conducting business internationally and non-U.S. clients in need of full-service legal representation in the United States. Our firm was top-listed in Tennessee in "International Trade and Finance Law" in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011.

Through our firm’s active membership in Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms, and State Capital Group, our attorneys and clients have direct access to more than 300 preeminent law firms with more than 30,000 attorneys in over 100 countries around the world. Our clients have been particularly pleased with the fact that many of these firms are local firms, rather than a small outpost of a global mega firm. These leading local firms know the intricacies of the local politics, customs, mores and cultures in their respective countries. Four of our partners currently hold leadership roles within Lex Mundi in the areas of competition law, litigation, health law and business crimes & compliance law and one serves on the board of directors.

Our in-house language capabilities include Farsi, French, German, Hindi, Icelandic, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Tagalog among others.

Our substantive international experience includes:

Cross-Border Transactions

Securities offerings
Mergers and acquisitions
Stock and asset purchases and divestitures
Tender offers, tender offer defenses and proxy contests
Joint ventures
Restructurings
Customs/import compliance
Project financings
Management buyouts
Capital markets transactions

Foreign Anti-Corruption/FCPA Investigations and Compliance

Internal investigations of potential violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other anti-corruption laws
Conducting FCPA/foreign anti-corruption due diligence (e.g., acquisitions, prospective JVs, product-sourcing relationships, third-party intermediaries, etc.)
Developing and implementing comprehensive FCPA/foreign anti-corruption compliance programs
FCPA/foreign anti-corruption training
Client counseling regarding FCPA issues and compliance (e.g., travel, gifts, entertainment, books & records, lobbying, reporting, etc.)

Compliance and Government Investigations

Healthcare Fraud and Abuse
Securities Fraud and Enforcement
Independent Regulatory Audits
Foreign Anti-Corruption/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
Employee Misconduct
Antitrust
Bank Fraud
Public Corruption
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
Environmental
Products Liability
Congressional Investigations

Commercial Litigation and Arbitration

Acting as advisors and liaison counsel for clients in domestic arbitrations
Negotiating and structuring arbitration clauses and other dispute resolution
Representing international companies by serving as U.S. counsel
Representing clients in cross-border insolvencies

Competition and Antitrust Law

Developing and implementing antitrust compliance programs
Counseling clients on compliance with the pre-merger notification requirements of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
Litigation defense
Conducting internal investigations on antitrust matters

Government Advocacy

Lobby for domestic legislation and policy
Provide counsel on state and federal political action committees and government ethics issues
Maintains close relationship with the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and assists with state tax incentive availability and local government property tax abatement and tax increment financing

Environmental Compliance and Litigation

Compliance and enforcement matters
Defending citizen suit litigation
Superfund, RCRA and underground storage tanks remediation
Contested matters before environmental regulatory boards
Assisting with environmental assessments, safety and compliance audits
Monitoring and lobbying environmental legislation and proposed regulations
Representing buyers, sellers and lenders in real estate and corporate transactions

Employment and Labor Law

Executive employment agreement drafting and litigation
Collective bargaining agreement negotiation and arbitration
Merger and acquisition support
Reduction in force/WARN Act consultation
Non-compete agreement drafting and litigation
Wage and hour compliance and litigation defense
Company employee handbook preparation
Employment and compensation discrimination avoidance and defense
Unlawful Harassment and supervisory training
FMLA leave issue management

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