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Represented the Capitol Center for the Arts in connection with the acquisition of, and financing for, the historic restoration of the Concord Theatre in Concord, New Hampshire. The project utilized $5.4 million in New Markets Tax Credit allocation. The theatre will act as a satellite location for smaller performances and events.
Represented large supplier of energy products and materials handling services in HSR filing related to acquisition of fuel oil and natural gas distributor in the metropolitan New York area.
Represented Sappi North America, Inc. in the negotiation and permitting of the surrender of the FERC license for the Saccarappa Hydro Project in Westbrook, Maine, in 2013-2019.
We provide a full range of corporate immigration services for IDEXX, a worldwide leader in providing diagnostic, detection, and information systems for veterinary, dairy, and water testing applications. IDEXX is a publicly traded company with annual revenue in excess of $1.1 billion and employs more than 4500 people at over 70 locations in 16 countries on five continents. We work closely with IDEXX to identify and accomplish its business objectives, including, for example, by providing immigration support for the acquisition of a leading veterinary diagnostic laboratory in Canada, intra-company transfers necessary for the growth and development of business lines in Europe and the reorganization of business units in Europe, Canada and the United States, assisting with immigration strategies to allow IDEXX to expand and develop new markets in Japan, and with the design and implementation of global recruitment strategies for veterinary diagnostic pathologists, veterinary technicians, and IT engineers needed for the development and support of new product lines.
We provide a full range of immigration and compliance-related support for WEX, including immigration and compliance support relating to corporate acquisitions, as well as immigration support for H-1B, TN, and employment-based green cards. WEX is a global provider of value-based business payment processing and information management solutions. Established in 1983 (formerly Wright Express Corporation), WEX has been publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange since February 16, 2005 (NYSE:WEX).
Our client, Irving Tissue, a leading manufacturer of household-name-brand tissue for markets in the US and Canada, contracted with Metso, a global manufacturer of tissue and paper making equipment, for the manufacture and installation of a Thru-Air Drying (TAD) tissue machine at the Irving Tissue facility in upstate New York. The purchase and installation of the TAD technology was a key element in a $120 million expansion project involving hundreds of US workers, including maintenance and engineering employees employed at the US facility, as well as various contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project. We designed and implemented a strategy to provide necessary immigration support for the TAD project and, during a 4-month project window, obtained Port of Entry approvals for 27 intra-company transfers on behalf of various maintenance, engineering, operating, and management employees temporarily re-assigned from Canadian facilities in New Brunswick and Ontario to the TAD project, as well as providing immigration support for temporary business visits by project support professionals from Europe and Australia. Each intra-company transfer and business visit was completed on-time and on budget, helping place our client in the best possible position to accomplish the capital improvement project with minimal disruption to its business operations.
We provide immigration support for Bates College on a broad range of questions relating to immigration status, international travel, and visa documentation for international faculty and students, including advice and counsel relating to questions arising under the Trump Administration travel ban.
We provide immigration support for The Jackson Laboratory, an independent nonprofit biomedical research institution whose mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health. Founded in 1929, JAX now operates state-of-the art research facilities in Bar Harbor, Maine; Sacramento, California; Farmington, Connecticut; and Ellsworth, Maine. The Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center is one of just a small number of United States National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Centers in the United States. The Jackson Laboratory researchers take an integrated approach to precision medicine, combining expertise in cancer, immunology, neurogenetics, computational biology, and life-cycle biology.