INTERNATIONAL LAW

Our firm welcomes inquiries from a full range of international clients. This includes commercial clients from Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries that have business interests in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania or Texas. Our aim is to create an attorney/client relationship with foreign companies that is both constructive and practical.

A Focus on Helping International Companies or owners from outside the United States that Have Business Interests in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania or Texas.

The Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) business community operating in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or Texas has unique legal needs. Therefore, it is helpful for a domestic commercial law firm to welcome clients in NY, NJ, PA, or TX that are either subsidiaries of Middle Eastern or North African parents or are stand-alone businesses. This sort of representation may involve more than what would be necessary for a domestic United States client. There are a number of unusual areas of overlap in which the laws of other countries such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and Egypt may be synergistic with state and federal laws in the domestic U.S.

This includes transactional matters involving such items as which country’s employment laws apply, the sorts of tariffs that can be assessed on products that are being marketed, or the terms of a commercial lease of equipment that may be used both domestically and abroad according to the company’s needs. Likewise, it also includes representing these clients in lawsuits taking place in the NY, NJ, PA, or TX state and federal courts, as well as in proceedings before state or federal administrative agencies.

Simply put, there is an important confluence of state, federal and international law that must be taken into account when representing international clients doing business in the United States. This often means that a commercial law firm practicing in this area will need to co-counsel with law firms located in other countries to provide a comprehensive legal strategy for complex commercial legal issues.

Some examples are:

commercial litigation in the state and federal courts as well as administrative agency proceedings,
regulatory filings, such as the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ (BEA) surveys of foreign direct investment in the United States, as required by the United States Department of Commerce,
visa requirements for foreign employees and their families,
entity formation for subsidiary companies,
intellectual property protection, such as for example digital copyrights and trademarks, with a particular emphasis on the relationship between European Union and United States filings,
commercial leases and the purchase of real estate,
sale and distribution agreements,
intra-company financing and licensing arrangements,
employment and independent contractor agreements,
e-commerce agreements, and
the purchase or sale of business divisions and other commercial assets.

The Nissenbaum Law Group welcomes inquiries from international clients—whether subsidiaries of foreign-owned parents or independent companies entering the U.S. market—that have either transactional or litigation needs in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, or Texas.

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PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Gary D. Nissenbaum, Esq., Managing Principal, Nissenbaum Law Group

J.D., Rutgers School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, 1984
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1980

Presented Seminar, Four Aspects of Attorney Ethics Enforcement by the NJ, NY, & PA Bars and the EOIR That You May Not Have Heard About Before, Lawline, March 2025
Augmented Reality: Gotta Protect That IP, by Gary D. Nissenbaum, Esq. and Laura J. Magedoff, Esq., Apptentive, September 22, 2016
Profiled in: Gary D. Nissenbaum: Ace Gaming Attorney, by David Radd, Gamesauce.biz, September 10, 2016
The Increasing Pace of Digital Change: Why Does Our Culture Always Seem so Blindsided?, Huffingtonpost.com, August 4, 2016
The Intriguing Legal Ramifications of Pokémon GO, Brettterpstra.com, July 25, 2016
Potential Legal Approaches to a Cyberbullying (Co-author), The Young Lawyer, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 2013
Wrongful Posting on the Internet: The Privacy You Save Could be Your Own, NJ Lawyer Magazine, April, 2008
The Legal Ramifications of Computer Outsourcing, Legal Tech Newsletter, December, 1994
900 Numbers Come of Age, Communications Managers Association Review, Winter, 1994
How to Sharpen Your Contract Clauses, Telemarketing Magazine, May, 1994

Podcasts:

3/1/18 Interview of Mr. Nissenbaum, Systematic, “The Psychodynamics of Lawyering with Gary Nissenbaum”
1/22/18 Interview of Mr. Nissenbaum, Game Dev Unchained, “The Indie Legal Guide With Gary Nissenbaum”
11/21/17 Interview of Mr. Nissenbaum, Gamesindustry.biz Podcasts, “Licensing Your Intellectual Property”
11/3/17 Interview of Mr. Nissenbaum, Developer Tea Podcast, “The Future (and Past) of Legal for Developers w/Gary Nissenbaum (part 1)”
11/3/17 Interview of Mr. Nissenbaum, Developer Tea Podcast, “The Future (and Past) of Legal for Developers w/Gary Nissenbaum (part 2)”
10/19/17 Interview of Mr. Nissenbaum, Complete Developer Podcast, “Developers and the Law”
10/13/17 Interview of Mr. Nissenbaum, Hansel Minutes Podcast, “Latest Developments in App and Website Law Regarding Clickable Terms and Conditions”

Laura J. Magedoff, Esq., Principal, Nissenbaum Law

J.D., Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York, 2003
B.A., University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 2000
Center for International Studies, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, 1998

Augmented Reality: Gotta Protect That IP, by Gary D. Nissenbaum, Esq. and Laura J. Magedoff, Esq., Apptentive, September 22, 2016
Potential Legal Approaches to a Cyberbullying Case (Co-author), The Young Lawyer, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, 2013
New York County Lawyer’s Association, EMIPS Committee Comments to New York State Bar Association Report of the Privacy Task Force, Contributing Author, March 2009
Wrongful Posting on the Internet: The Privacy You Save Could be Your Own, NJ Lawyer Magazine, April, 2008
Panelist, Intellectual Property Protection & Enforcement, New Jersey Bar Association Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, May 2017
Panelist, Empower – I Create Nothing. I Own it: A Panel about Establishing and Protecting your Intellectual Property as a Business Asset, New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners’ Annual Conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 2010
Moderator, Engage – The most Powerful Commodity I know is Information, New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners’ Annual Conference, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 2010
Panelist, Casino Law 2010: Game On!, 2010 South CLEFest, Atlantic City, NJ, August 2010
Presented Seminar, Protecting Your Online Image, Various 2009-Present

Anthony C. Gunst, IV, Esq., Principal, Nissenbaum Law Group

J.D., Washington and Lee School of Law, Lexington, VA, 2018
B.A., magna cum laude, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ, 2014

Presented Seminar, Tuning into Music Law, National Business Institute, Inc., April 2025
Presented Seminar, Four Aspects of Attorney Ethics Enforcement by the NJ, NY, & PA Bars and the EOIR That You May Not Have Heard About Before, Lawline, March 2025
Presented Seminar, Mastering Ethical Challenges in Social Media Use, New Jersey State Bar Association, November 2024
Presented Seminar, Mastering Digital Legal Marketing – Practice and Ethics, New Jersey State Bar Association, October 2024
Presented Seminar, How to Avoid Serious Mistakes When Facing an Attorney Ethics Matter, New Jersey Association of Legal Administrators, April 2023

Salma A. Attia, Esq., of counsel to the Nissenbaum Law Group, LLC,

J.D., George Washington University Law School (Washington, D.C.)
B.A., School of Media and Communications, Temple University, (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Quarter Finalist, Spanogle International Arbitration Competition, George Washington University Law School
Presidential Pro Bono Recognition Award for over 609 hours of pro bono service, George Washington University Law School
Judicial law clerk, Honorable Sarah Beth Johnson, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Atlantic Vicinage.

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