Corporate Legal Counsel & Cross-Border Market Entry
Your one-stop legal partner.
Entering the United States is not one legal question but a sequence of them. We take global companies through the whole route — deal structure, incentives, people, and the compliance that follows — with one team from A to Z.
The Route
Four gates between a decision and an operating business.
A market entry is built by choosing and combining routes — greenfield, acquisition, joint venture — and government incentives largely follow the greenfield path. Our practice is organised around that progression rather than around our own departments.
Mergers & acquisitions
Entry by acquiring a local company, business or asset, including control acquisitions and mergers.
Joint ventures
Joint entities with a local partner: equity structure design and shareholders' agreements.
New entity formation
Local subsidiaries and holding companies for expansion and first entry.
Equity & asset acquisition
Minority investments, asset transfers, and staged equity build-ups.
Site selection
Multi-state and multi-city comparison, site diligence, land purchase from LOI to SPA, and zoning.
Government incentives
State and county abatements and PILOT agreements, grants, federal IRA and CHIPS credits, and clawback management.
Foreign investment review
CFIUS national-security review, sites near sensitive facilities, and state foreign land-ownership rules.
Permitting & environmental
NEPA review, EPA and state environmental permits, and construction and development approvals.
Utilities & infrastructure
Power, water and gas supply and interconnection, ports and logistics, and EPC contracts.
Government relations
Opening and running negotiation channels with federal, state and local agencies.
B-1 / B-2
Business visits, meetings, contract negotiation and market research.
L-1A / L-1B
Manager and executive transfers, specialised-knowledge staff, and New Office petitions.
E-1 / E-2
Treaty trader and investor status for principals and dependants, with renewals and maintenance.
H-1B · TN
Specialty-occupation petitions and USMCA professional admissions.
O-1 · J-1 · H-2B
Extraordinary ability, trainees and interns, and short-term non-specialty staff.
EB-1 / EB-2 / EB-3
Multinational managers, advanced degree and NIW, skilled workers, and permanent residence strategy.
Contracts
Drafting, review and negotiation across supply, distribution, licensing and general commercial agreements.
Entity & governance
Formation and licensing, governance design, shareholder and investment agreements.
Regulatory & compliance
Agency examinations, federal and state compliance, and customs, export and trade controls.
Disputes & risk
Dispute response and arbitration, litigation risk management, and legal risk review.
The Firm
A boutique built for the crossing, not for the paperwork.
Crouser & Suh PLLC is a Miami-headquartered law firm with depth in immigration, international and corporate law, serving global companies on cross-border matters. Dedicated attorneys and specialist staff have delivered that work at a consistent standard since 2010.
Cross-border entry carries a different risk profile depending on the path — M&A, joint venture, new entity, greenfield. We work from transaction structure through to government negotiation as a partner that understands the business, not only the law.
Beyond legal advice, one team supports the entire entry: local operations, site selection, government negotiation, real estate, staffing, interpretation and settling in.
Professionals
The people who carry it.
Corporate and immigration lawyers, a tax LL.M., a commercial real estate broker and a compliance director — assembled so a single team can hold every stage of an entry.
Representative Engagements
Selected matters across the four gates.
Work accumulated on both axes: legal services, and the one-stop entry support that surrounds them.
Cross-Border M&A & Investment
- Hanwha Corporation — U.S. entity formation and investment structure design
- Daewoo Electronics — inbound investment agreements and diligence
- Eco America, Inc. — renewable generation joint venture and equity structure
- New Star Realty — real estate investment agreements
Market Entry & Government Incentives
- HD Korea Shipbuilding — India shipyard cluster: site, incentives and investment negotiation
- Hyundai Steel — Louisiana steel mill: incentives, site and utilities
- Hyundai Engineering — Indonesia floating solar IPP: PPA, project finance and permits
- KOTRA — investment attraction, G2B partnerships and incentive linkage
- Gestioniza — infrastructure public procurement (PPP) and incentive structuring
Mobility & Immigration
- Samsung — employment-based immigration and visa strategy for key personnel
- Job Creation LLC — immigration counsel and successful litigation
- Samki Industry — treaty investor (E) visas and compliance
- Jeil Machinery — intracompany transferee (L) and treaty investor (E) advice
- Amen J LLC — intracompany transferee (L) petitions
Corporate & Compliance
- STX — regulatory compliance, government procurement and supply chain contracts
- Stanford Electronics — customs, export and trade regulation
- Samsung SDI — process modification and line expansion permitting and compliance
- PIE USA Corp — commercial contract disputes, litigation and settlement
- PIE Co., Ltd. — regulatory compliance and contract advice
Each engagement is described on the basis of publicly available business information. The scope and role of the firm's involvement differs from matter to matter.
Get in touch
Tell us where the entry stands.
Whether the question is a term sheet, a site shortlist, a visa calendar or a regulator's letter, the first conversation is the same: what has to be true, and by when.
