Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
Interdisciplinary Approach. We take an interdisciplinary approach to teaming agreements, joint ventures and strategic alliances, involving lawyers from our antitrust, corporate, and tax practices.
Clients/Services. We have represented a wide variety of clients, dating back to our successful representation of Northrop Corporation in the leading published decision on teaming agreement and joint venture disputes, Northrop Corp. v. McDonnell Douglas Corp., 705 F.2d 1030 (9th Cir. 1983). We also provide counseling on the formation of teaming agreements and strategic alliances, and we assist in analyzing and drafting such agreements.
Issues. Among the cutting edge issues on which we have experience in the context of teaming agreements, joint ventures, and strategic alliances are:
- CAS disclosure and compliance
- Federal, state and foreign taxation
- Intellectual property
- Export control
- Defective pricing
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance
- Antitrust, including Hart-Scott-Rodino requirements and exclusive dealing issues.
Recent Experience. Our recent experience in this area includes representation of a leading aerospace company in litigation of the government's disallowance of over $300 million of overhead costs that the government claimed should have been allocated to international strategic alliances to develop and manufacture commercial jet engines.