About Lawrence Graves

Lawrence’s experience includes international commercial transactions and relationships; intellectual property protection, licensing, development, and enforcement; mergers and acquisitions; venture capital and institutional financing transactions; and general corporate and commercial law.
Lawrence’s diverse experience in legal disciplines stems from his academic and practical training in international mergers and acquisitions. That background lends itself to simpler transactions involving skills in corporate, commercial, intellectual property, and tax matters. He has also had many transactions focusing on contracts, merchandise licensing, and software development, as well as organizing strategic partnerships, whether in the form of joint ventures or formal juridical entities (e.g., limited liability companies or partnerships, corporations, general and limited partnerships, and non-US holding entities). He represents high net worth clients on U.S. pre-residence tax planning and trust structures, international fiscal optimization, and multi-national holding structures. He serves as a fiduciary director of numerous companies and trustee of U.S.-domiciled trusts.

In contested matters, Lawrence contributes his expertise in substantive areas of the law to assist trial counsel. This has included both drafting and review of court pleadings and also participating in the trial team in court and in alternative dispute resolution proceedings. His involvement frequently extends to the ultimate transactional resolution of the conflict. Lawrence has also served as an arbitrator in cases within his areas of practice.