Practice Areas

Business Planning and Corporate Governance, Telecommunications and Technology

Carlsmith Ball LLP's Corporate/Business Section assists corporate, partnership, joint venture and other business entities, both U.S. and foreign, in structuring and undertaking transactions and operations throughout the Pacific Region. We represent clients whose businesses encompass construction, health care, real estate, transportation, maritime, media, agriculture, education, tourism, finance, telecommunications and energy, with special emphasis on foreign investors. Our corporate and business attorneys have a critical understanding of the Pacific Region, and provide clients with a unique combination of legal expertise coupled with practical business experience. Among the areas in which we provide assistance are the following:

• Acquisitions, mergers and reorganizations
• Administrative agency and regulatory law
• Antitrust and trade regulation
• Business and commercial law
• Business planning, structuring and entity formation
• Corporate law and shareholder relations
• Energy project development, including renewable energy resources
• Foreign Sales Corporations
• Visas (e.g. treaty trader, investor and other visas, labor certifications, and permanent resident alien status)
• Intellectual property, including licensing arrangements
• International commercial arbitration and conciliation
• International trade and investment
• Legislative matters, including federal, state and local
• Limited liability companies and partnerships
• Financing including project finance, bond financing, complex commercial loans
• Partnerships, joint ventures, and partner relations
• Securities regulation and offerings, including federal and state
• Telecommunications
• Venture capital and start-up companies