Practice Areas
Transportation & Logistics
The transportation and logistics industry and the laws and regulations governing it are complex and constantly evolving. ScottHulse PC’s transportation and logistics attorneys pride themselves on keeping up with the most current trends in international and domestic transportation and logistics law. As the backbone of global commerce, transportation and logistics become even more nuanced in a region with multiple ports of entry and businesses utilizing maquiladoras. With this in mind, we work proactively with our clients on matters ranging from safety and environmental issues to damage claims, freight regulations, and labor and employment law.
ScottHulse provides legal services to its transportation and logistics clients in the following areas:
- Representing carriers, brokers, consignors, and consignees in commercial litigation in both U.S. federal and state courts
- Representing international transportation companies and international logistics companies
- Creating transportation documentation, including bills of lading, employment contracts, transportation contracts, invoices, and logistics and brokerage contracts and other agreements
- Advising carriers, brokers, consignors, and consignees on matters related to customs and import and export laws
- Assisting in the resolution of freight charge, freight loss, and damage claims
- Collecting freight, brokerage, and factored invoices
- Advising clients on the nuances of motor carrier regulation and compliance
- Assisting with broker licensing
- Arbitration
- Bankruptcy
- Employment and labor law
- Mergers and acquisitions
Select Representations:
- Represented an over-the-road transportation/trucking company in connection with financing for several strategic acquisitions of companies based in Washington, Oregon, South Carolina, and Alabama.
- Counsel to several Mexican transportation companies on international tax matters, tax treaty questions, compliance issues with U.S. taxing authorities, and legal issues arising from transactions with U.S.-based related parties.
- Represented privately held, regional transportation company in the acquisition of one of the largest and most diversified household goods moving companies in the State of Texas. This transaction was structured as a taxable reverse subsidiary merger because of the diversified (though private) share ownership of the seller and involved operations and facilities in every major city in Texas and many states of the union.
- Advised the owner of multiple transportation-related businesses on matters related to succession planning and tax matters related to the transfer of ownership interests to the founder’s heirs and the division of assets and ownership interest among children employed by the family business and children not employed by the family business.
