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International Business Transactions |
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Foreign clients frequently need advice and assistance on myriad issues involving contracts, sales agreements, joint ventures, imports and exports, and other matters relating to international trade and commerce in goods or services. The firm can assist clients with their business and international transactions, including the review of U.S. legal requirements, the formation and start-up of companies in the U.S., and the negotiation, drafting, or review of contracts, leases, joint venture and other commercial agreements.
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International Litigation: Representation of Foreign Clients in U.S. Courts |
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Mr. Thomas has substantial experience in international commercial litigation in the representation of foreign clients in U.S. courts. For instance, he obtained a $78.6 million jury verdict on behalf of an agency of the Brazilian government against former officials and others who defrauded the agency. In another case, he obtained a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act exempted foreign government-owned reinsurance companies from posting pre-answer security. He has particular expertise in representing foreign clients in U.S. courts and in working with their lawyers in their home countries. Many of his cases have involved issues of foreign law, conflicts of law, jurisdiction of U.S. courts over foreign defendants, and sovereign immunity, to mention only a few. For a partial list of representative cases in which he has represented either the plaintiff or the defendant, please select Attorney Profile.
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International Arbitration |
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Mr. Thomas has represented clients in international arbitrations under a variety of arbitral rules, such as the Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, the Rules of the American Arbitration Association, the Rules of the Refined Sugar Association of London, and others. Although Mr. Thomas will represent claimants or respondents in arbitrations, he also is available to assist claimants or respondents by serving as an arbitrator or mediator.
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Transportation and Aviation |
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The firm will assist clients with issues arising under U.S. laws and regulations or international treaties, with their relationships with U.S. or state governmental agencies, and with their transactions, contracts, or disputes involving commercial aviation, maintenance or supply agreements, fixed based operations at international airports, charter operations, scheduled regional air service, or otherwise. Mr. Thomas has published numerous articles over the years in the field of transportation law, was an officer in the U.S. Air Force in the early 1970s, and is a licensed pilot.
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