Joint Ventures

The Firm is actively involved in structuring and negotiating joint ventures and strategic alliances across borders. The industries in which we are involved include financial services, government contracts, health care, telecommunications, energy, pharmaceutical, aerospace, e-commerce, communications, and biotechnology. Additionally, we provide ongoing counseling and assistance in the unwinding of joint ventures. The Firm’s legal counsels work with clients to understand the goals of the transaction and to think strategically in order to minimize any risks associated with the deal. Understanding the client’s goals enables our legal counsels to assist clients in identifying appropriate transactional and corporate governance structures and protections regarding ownership interests. Then, they advise on issues related to defining the joint venture’s mission, as well as how that mission will relate to our clients’ or the counterparties’ other ongoing activities. An important role our firm plays is negotiating agreements to contribute assets or employees, management or service agreements with participants, strategic alliances to license or allocate ownership of intellectual property and various types of financing arrangements.