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Bradley Arant helps automakers do business in the South
The South is seeing continued interest from automobile manufacturers and suppliers. Bradley Arant Rose & White is right there to help companies explore and pursue opportunities for locating or expanding operations in Alabama and the surrounding states.
Bradley Arant’s Economic Development Practice Group understands the complexities of every aspect of the business location process. It combines a thorough working knowledge of economic development incentives, land use and site selection procedures at the state and local level with strong relationships built over many years with key governmental, economic development and civic leaders.
Bradley Arant assists companies considering locating or expanding in Alabama to anticipate and address the legal, economic, and political issues the company must evaluate in making its decision. The firm is committed to providing a fully-staffed team for this process, as well as quick access, timely, and thorough responses.
Leveraging tax incentives
The state of Alabama has developed one of the most aggressive tax incentives programs in the nation for new and expanding industries. Members of Bradley Arant have been involved in drafting or reviewing many of the state’s tax incentives laws.
In fact, Bradley Arant works extensively with the Alabama Department of Revenue, the Alabama Development Office, and other state and local officials involved in interpreting statutory incentives and is familiar with the administrative policies that determine whether or not such incentives can be obtained.
The firm’s attorneys have negotiated a variety of economic incentives packages with state and local governments and possess substantive knowledge in the complete process a company undertakes when locating or expanding in Alabama.
Real estate and site selection
Bradley Arant works also closely with site selection consultants, early in the selection process, to help ensure that a company makes its business decisions based on complete and reliable information. The firm is able to assist clients with all aspects of contract negotiation, coordination of due diligence, title and survey review, and the closing of the acquisition.
Bradley Arant has assisted companies operating in or locating to Alabama to obtain the necessary environmental permits. This counsel ranges from arranging for all the permitting of a state-of-the-art steel manufacturing facility to the ongoing needs of established Alabama industries.
Bradley Arant has a large group of attorneys who devote their practices to construction and procurement. In combination with the firm's project finance and environmental lawyers, Bradley Arant’s construction and procurement attorneys can provide a comprehensive pre-planning, permitting, and contract negotiation framework.
Finally, the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group represents employers in all issues arising under state and federal labor, employment, and occupational health and safety laws. Beyond representing employers in actual cases, the team also counsels clients in how to avoid potential problems through planning and proactive management of employment issues.
For more information about Bradley Arant, call 205.521.8000 or visit www.bradleyarant.com.
No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers. Contact: John B. Grenier, Esq., 1819 Fifth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203.
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