With globalization, businesses large and small are increasingly operating “across borders” in two or more countries. Cross-border business dealings multiply the legal issues businesses face everyday. The whole range of different laws and rules in different countries must be analyzed and resolved.

At Weiss & Hiller, PC, in association with our Canadian affiliate, Bergman & Associates, we have the full range of expertise and experience to uncover, confront and deal with the legal issues confronted by cross border businesses.

Weiss & Hiller, PC, based in New York, and our affiliate Bergman & Associates, based in Montreal and Toronto, are dedicated to and engaged in finding legal cross border solutions for businesses and clearing the legal path to facilitate cross border commercial operations. We can help you and your business in such cross border issues as:

• Commercial transactions involving parties, businesses or properties in multiple countries;
• Corporate structures in multiple countries, states and provinces;
• Regulatory issues and governmental and administrative requirements in the United States and Canada;
• Tax issues and planning in both the United States and Canada;
• Immigration and naturalization issues, including work Visas, green cards and permanent residency in both the United States and Canada;
• Litigation involving persons, corporations and courts in the United States and Canada including the coordination and strategizing for cross- border litigation both as plaintiff/complainant or defendant;
• Employment and Labour law issues in the United States and Canada including employment contracts, terminations and employment discrimination matters;
• Insurance issues involving persons, businesses, events and property in the United States and Canada;
• Entertainment law and motion picture/television issues in the United States and Canada;
• Import and export issues involving navigation of customs, border and regulatory agency requirements.

Bergman & Associates practices law both in English speaking Canada (Ontario) the legal system of which is based upon English common law (as in the United States and Great Britain), and in French speaking Canada (Quebec), where the legal system is based upon civil law and the Napoleonic code (as in many Western European nations). Our affiliate Bergman & Associates practices law equally in English and in French.

Weiss & Hiller, PC
600 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone: (212) 319-4000
Fax: (212) 753-4530