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Overseas Manufacturing Starts With A Solid Legal Blueprint

We offer comprehensive legal support to companies manufacturing overseas.

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Expand Your Global Manufacturing Footprint with Confidence – Backed by Local Expertise

The global manufacturing landscape is complex and ever-changing. At Harris Sliwoski, we understand the unique challenges faced by international manufacturers. Our experienced legal team includes attorneys based in Mexico and China, providing you with on-the-ground legal expertise in key manufacturing hubs.

For the past two decades, we’ve been a trusted advisor to manufacturers, drafting an average of 100 cross-border manufacturing agreements each year.

Whether you’re:

  • Expanding your production capabilities overseas
  • Sourcing materials from international suppliers
  • Protecting your intellectual property rights globally

We have the experience and expertise to guide you every step of the way, with the added benefit of local legal support in critical markets.

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Know Your Costs Upfront: Flat Fee International Manufacturing Agreements

International manufacturing offers exciting possibilities for businesses seeking lower production costs and access to vast markets. However, navigating the legal complexities of international manufacturing can be daunting. One crucial decision you’ll make is how to structure your legal agreements to protect your interests.

At Harris Sliwoski, we focus on crafting comprehensive international manufacturing agreements tailored to your specific needs. Unlike many firms that utilize hourly billing, we offer a unique advantage: predictable flat-fee pricing for our international manufacturing agreements, including:

  • International NNN Agreements: These agreements safeguard your confidential business information during discussions with potential overseas manufacturers.
  • International Mold Ownership Agreements: These agreements clearly define ownership rights and responsibilities regarding the molds used in production.
  • International Manufacturing Agreements: These comprehensive agreements outline the terms and conditions for your manufacturing partnership overseas.
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The Benefits of Flat-Fee Pricing:

Traditional hourly billing practices can introduce uncertainty into your legal costs. With hourly billing, unforeseen complications can lead to unexpected fees. Our flat-fee pricing offers you several advantages:

  • Cost Certainty: You’ll know the exact cost of your legal services upfront, allowing for better budgeting and financial planning.
  • Reduced Risk of Cost Overruns: There are no surprises with flat fees. The agreed-upon price covers all the legal work required to draft and finalize your international manufacturing agreements.
  • Focus on the Bigger Picture: Flat fees eliminate the stress of monitoring billable hours, allowing you to focus on your core business activities and building a successful overseas manufacturing partnership.

Our Streamlined Process Delivers Efficiency

Our extensive experience in drafting international manufacturing agreements translates into a streamlined process for our clients. This efficiency allows us to offer flat-fee pricing with the confidence of knowing we can deliver exceptional legal services within the agreed-upon scope. Here’s how our process benefits you:

  • Clear Communication: We work closely with you to understand your specific needs and objectives for your international manufacturing endeavor. This upfront communication ensures the agreements accurately reflect your requirements.
  • Standardized Expertise: Our team of lawyers possesses in-depth international manufacturing law expertise and experience that ensures your agreements are drafted efficiently and effectively.
  • Focus on Value: We don’t waste time on unnecessary tasks. Our streamlined process focuses on delivering the legal framework you need to move forward with confidence.

Partnering for Success

By choosing our flat-fee pricing for your international manufacturing agreements, you gain peace of mind knowing your legal costs are under control. This allows you to focus on building a strong, successful relationship with your overseas manufacturing partner. Contact us today to discuss how our flat-fee international manufacturing agreements can help you navigate the exciting opportunities of international manufacturing with clarity and confidence.

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Protect Your Innovation, Streamline Your Operations, and Thrive Globally

At Harris Sliwoski, we understand the complexities of international manufacturing. Our team, including attorneys based in Mexico and China, has a proven track record of success in assisting companies of all sizes navigate the legal landscape in major manufacturing hubs across Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

We offer comprehensive legal support in critical areas, including:

  • Protecting Your Innovation: Safeguard your intellectual property with our strategic counsel on patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.
  • Ensuring Smooth Operations: Minimize risks with expertly drafted agreements for product development, mold ownership, outsourcing, and licensing.
  • Resolving Disputes: Our experienced litigators stand ready to protect your interests in case of international disputes and contract breaches.

Don’t navigate the international manufacturing landscape alone. Contact Harris Sliwoski today and let our experienced team help you achieve your global manufacturing goals.

Comprehensive Legal Support for International Manufacturing

Our international manufacturing team—from the United States, China, Mexico, Thailand, and Vietnam—can help you with the following:

  • Intellectual Property Protection
  • Product Development Agreements
  • Mold Ownership Agreements
  • Original Equipment Manufacturer Agreements (OEM)
  • Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA)
  • Non-Disclosure, Non-Circumvention, Non-Competition Agreements (NNN)
  • Domestic and international trademark, patent, and copyright registrations
  • Licensing Agreements
  • Outsourcing Agreements
  • Litigation and Dispute Resolution
  • Tariffs and customs duties

If you manufacture overseas, you really should contact us.

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“Harris Sliwoski expertly guided us through the formation of our company. They continue to assist with necessary registrations and compliance with numerous regulations. They were able to promptly answer all our many questions and provide understandable options, explanations and practical advice. We expect to continue to use Harris Sliwoski on a regular basis as our company expands. They were also able to introduce us other professional experts. We would not hesitate to recommend Harris Sliwoski to any companies in need of legal advice.”

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This law firm was a huge help as our company went through the process of commercial licensing in the California cannabis industry.  They have helped us with a variety of legal issues in a timely fashion, while clearly communicating with us throughout the process.  Everyone we’ve worked with at Harris Sliwoski is an expert in their field and we have always felt that we were in good hands through our legal representation.

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Legal stuff is always scary. And I’ve had to play offense a couple times, begrudgingly. To have Harris Sliwoski have my back? It made things a lot less prickly. They quickly walked me through my options, and were refreshingly consistent in their communications, timing and billing. I’ve been lucky to stay out of the legal side of things my whole career, thankfully. When things went a little wrong, Harris Sliwoski quickly made things right.

user icon Aaron Draplin, Founder Draplin Design Co.

I am impressed with this law firm. They answered all my questions regarding cannabis businesses and the California cannabis framework, and they have helped me with a variety of legal issues in a timely fashion, while always clearly communicating with us throughout the process. They also redirected me to other quality people for my business needs. Everyone I worked with at Harris Sliwoski is an expert in their field, and I was in good hands throughout my legal representation.

user icon Corey T., CEO Thinc Cubed, LLC

I have been working with the lawyers at Harris Sliwoski for more than 20 years both as a business owner and as an executive at a large east-coast health system and that is because they have always efficiently provided high level and clear international law advice. Most recently, Harris Sliwoski provided legal support on many matters related to procuring medical products worldwide. Their support was particularly helpful to during the onset of COVID, when there was a big need for securing PPE quickly, all while navigating complicated international and domestic legal requirements. Harris Sliwoski’s team of international lawyers helped by conducting rapid-fire due diligence on potential suppliers, navigating the legal logistics for getting product from overseas and through U.S. customs, and drafting contracts to protect against various sorts of horribles. They did this by essentially providing what amounted to 24/7 service. I cannot recommend them highly enough.

user icon Dan Pak Hospital Supply Chain Executive

Harris Sliwoski has represented our company in the legal cannabis industry for years. Harris Sliwoski has advised us in a wide variety of legal matters, and they are truly experts in their field. I would highly recommend Harris Sliwoski to anyone with questions about cannabis law, or any legal matters. They have been great for our Company, and will continue to guide us as our industry evolves

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You won’t find a better partner than Harris Sliwoski when trying to navigate the complex world of healthcare regulations.  They not only give sound and reliable legal advice, but they are also very responsive and are able to guide you in a way that helps you reach your business objectives as well.

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When we started the process of building a ‘seed to sale’ cannabis company in Oregon, we saw the need for expert legal counsel.  The cannabis sector is fraught with potential peril at every turn, and we wanted the best legal advice we could find.  After talking to several firms and individuals, we feel extremely fortunate to have chosen Harris Sliwoski as our legal counsel.

user icon Tony Theiss, CEO and Co-Founder Redbarn Cannabis 

We use Harris Sliwoski on all our international legal matters, including on our international litigation matters. We have over the last few years been involved in a couple big international legal disputes and Harris Sliwoski’s international dispute resolution team provided us with expert legal assistance on both matters. They were always very careful to explain to us what they were doing and why and what their actions would likely cost us in legal fees. Most importantly, we did extremely well on both cases and I have no doubt Harris Sliwoski was a big factor in that.

user icon Kevin English, CEO We Are Camp

We have used Harris Sliwoski for legal help related to our international manufacturing. The lawyers with whom I worked had extensive familiarity with the international legal issues involved in our various projects and offered us key insights. I particularly appreciated how they always quickly and efficiently do what they say they will do and always within their cost estimates.

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