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Chambers just ranked ours as one of the country’s leading business law firms.

Awards aren’t everything in the legal profession. Still, when you have been selected as one of the country’s leading business law firms - as Dickinson Wright has - it tells you something. Especially when you consider that Chambers does such extensive research in every state to determine the best business lawyers in the country.

And when you consider that 11 of our lawyers achieved individual recognition in five featured practice areas, it just substantiates everything we have been known for since 1878 - credibility, creativity, depth of experience and intellectual firepower. Put our reputation to work for you and let us add value to your enterprise.

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International

Expanded Description

  • Joint Ventures, Mergers, and Acquisitions

  • Establishment of Subsidiaries, Branch Offices, and Facilities

  • Immigration and Visas

  • Taxation

  • Licensing and Technology Transfer

  • Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Intellectual Property

  • Sale of Goods and Services

  • Customs and International Trade

  • Letters of Credit and Trade Finance

  • Distribution and Marketing

  • Finance, Banking, and Insolvency

  • Arbitration and Dispute Resolution


    • Dickinson Wright maintains extensive contacts with leading law firms throughout the world to obtain effective and timely advice and support outside the United States. Many of the firm's attorneys have capability in foreign languages to further support our clients' international activities.

    Technology and Other Resources
  • Integrated computer and telecommunications systems

  • Capacity to communicate with clients and to access the Dickinson Wright computer system from anywhere in the world

  • Extensive collection of treatises, serials, and other publications on international legal topics

  • Computer databases of international legal materials with laws and judicial decisions of many countries


    • Recognized Expertise

    Dickinson Wright's strong reputation has been recognized in many respected publications. For example, the 2002/2003 edition of Global Counsel 3000, published in London, England, named Dickinson Wright among its highly recommended firms, the highest rating given to any Michigan law firm. Similarly, a survey of the 50 largest global companies by IP Worldwide ranked Dickinson Wright among the top U.S. trademark litigation counsel (November 2002). Another IP Worldwide survey of the global fifty placed Dickinson Wright among the top U.S. firms for patent litigation (November 2001).

    Dickinson Wright ranked first in Michigan in a survey conducted by London-based International Corporate Law to identify preferred law firms throughout the U.S. In describing the results of this survey of in-house lawyers at almost 200 major U.S. companies and financial institutions, this publication noted, "Of the more popular firms mentioned, Dickinson, Wright ... finished with the widest margin ahead of its competitors. Based in Detroit, the firm has established a strong reputation ... and has a strong corporate practice in the Great Lakes region."

    For more information, please contact:
    Bruce C. Thelen
    313-223-3624 or bthelen@dickinsonwright.com