Approximately 110 Fulbright lawyers around the world advise U.S. and multinational corporations, banks, foreign governments, heads of state and other entities in global business and investment transactions, as well as proceedings before international bodies.

This multi-cultural staff is fluent in numerous languages with far-reaching backgrounds in international commerce, regulatory and litigation matters.

Transactions, governmental relations

Fulbright & Jaworski's international lawyers handle transactions and various matters between commercial interests and sovereigns and their instrumentalities throughout the world. A representative sampling of matters includes:

• Administrative law of foreign states 
• Contract negotiation and documentation 
• Currency controls 
• Customs (international import/export matters) 
• Economic sanctions 
• Export controls 
• Foreign investment laws 
• International bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors' rights 
• International equipment finance 
• Workouts and loan restructurings

International proceedings

Fulbright lawyers have practiced under the rules of the world's major arbitral institutions, represented parties before inter-governmental tribunals and litigated cross-border disputes in U.S. courts. Our work has involved issues governed by institutions, such as:

• Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) 
• International Court of Justice, The Hague 
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 
• International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) 
• International Trade Commission (ITC) 
• North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA) 
• United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) 
• U.S. Dept. of Commerce 
• World Trade Organization (WTO)