Manufacturers operate in complex and constantly changing business, legal, and regulatory environments. As a result of our significant experience representing the interests of manufacturers in jurisdictions across the country, as well as our memberships in ALFA International and the Ohio Manufacturers’ Association, Frantz Ward understands and advises a wide variety of companies, from single facility fabricators to international manufacturers of complex industrial products, on the best ways to navigate this ever-changing terrain.
Our experienced attorneys work as an integrated team to enable manufacturers to avoid problems before they arise and overcome obstacles when they do emerge. Some of the areas in which we provide strategic counseling to our manufacturing clients include:
Bankruptcy, collection, and creditors’ rights
Collective bargaining and labor negotiations
Construction project planning, contract preparation, and litigation
Consumer deceptive practices and sales claims
Contract services, including drafting manufacturing supply agreements, purchase orders, and terms and conditions
Coronavirus counseling
Corporate formation, transactions, and acquisitions
Corporate investigations
Distribution and licensing agreements
Employee benefits and executive compensation
ERISA consultation, arbitrations and litigation
Financing, lending, and collection issues
Indemnification agreements
Insurance coverage, analysis and litigation
Intellectual property and trademark
Labor and employment practices and litigation
Product liability claims and recalls
Real estate transactions, land use and zoning
Regulatory compliance
Succession planning for owners
Toxic tort litigation
Trade secrets and non-competition agreements
Wage and hour and overtime compliance and litigation
Warranty claims
Workers’ compensation