International Trade

Today, nearly every client of Womble Carlyle, foreign and domestic alike, will encounter international issues as its business develops in an increasingly global economy. The needs of our international clients are broad and include most of the traditional practice areas, as well as newer areas related to electronic commerce, data privacy, and emerging issues. Womble Carlyle’s international practice draws upon the resources of the entire Firm and benefits greatly from our technology resources. Womble Carlyle has developed technology that makes all of the Firm’s resources seamlessly available throughout all of its offices to every client. Lawyers in our various offices routinely work together with the same ease and facility as though located in the same office.

In accordance with the needs of particular clients, we have the ability to set up secure Extranets which allow clients, and especially foreign clients located in different time zones, to access documents relevant to their representation and communicate with Womble Carlyle twenty-four hours a day. The Firm has extensive and broad-based international experience in many countries including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru and Spain. Womble Carlyle offers a full range of the services typically required by foreign and domestic companies engaged in international business. In addition to defending the interests of our clients, including patent, trademark and other intellectual property rights, in dispute resolution involving litigation, mediation and international arbitration throughout the world, Womble Carlyle provides comprehensive international services with respect to:

• Business acquisitions

• Joint ventures

• The protection and licensing of intellectual property

• Data Privacy compliance

• Capital markets

• Commercial leasing

• Sales and distribution arrangements

• United States export controls

• Customs in the context of inbound and outbound international transactions and operations