International Employment & Business Law
Multilingual staff provides counseling services.
Cross-border counsel from the San Diego–Tijuana region
We represent international clients in a variety of matters including U.S. / California, New York, and District of Columbia business matters, compliance with rules, litigation, labor/employment, intellectual property, mergers and aquisitions, real estate, and numerous other legal matters.
Rainey Law P.C. can help you manage your HR compliance and global workforce. We cover numerous different countries in multi-jurisdictional strategic, transactional, and compliance related work.
Our staff speaks several languages, including Spanish, French, Farsi, and English.
When to call a lawyer
If any of these describe your situation, an early conversation is usually cheaper than the alternative.
- You are hiring or contracting with workers outside the United States
- You are standing up manufacturing or a shelter operation in Baja California
- A contract names a foreign governing law or arbitration seat
- Customer or employee data moves across borders
- A cross-border counterparty has defaulted
San Diego is a cross-border economy
San Diego companies operate across an international border as a matter of routine. Manufacturing in Tijuana and Baja California, maquiladora and shelter arrangements, cross-border supply chains, and employees who live on one side and work on the other create legal questions that a purely domestic practice does not encounter.
We advise on the employment, contract, and compliance side of that footprint — how California law reaches workers based abroad, how to structure agreements with foreign counterparties, and how privacy and data transfer obligations apply when information moves between jurisdictions.
- Cross-border employment structures and contractor arrangements
- International commercial contracts and dispute resolution clauses
- Data transfer and privacy compliance across jurisdictions
- Coordination with local counsel in Mexico, Europe, and Asia
San Diego questions we hear most
- Does California law follow an employee working in Mexico?
- Sometimes. It depends on where the work is performed, where the employment relationship is centered, and what the agreement says. That analysis should happen before the hire, not after a dispute.
- Can you support a San Diego company opening a Tijuana operation?
- Yes, on the U.S.-side structuring, contracts, and compliance, coordinating with qualified Mexican counsel for local requirements.
Serving Rancho Bernardo, Carmel Valley, Sorrento Valley, Del Mar, Poway, Escondido, Carlsbad, Encinitas, and communities throughout San Diego County from our office at 16870 West Bernardo Drive, Suite 400, San Diego, CA 92127.
Related reading
Plain-English guides from our Insights library on the issues that come up most in these matters.
- Independent Contractor or Employee? The California ABC TestProng B of the ABC test defeats most classifications quietly: if the contractor does what your business does, the label on the invoice does not matter.
- Seven Contract Clauses That Cause Most Business DisputesCommercial disputes rarely turn on the parts of the contract people negotiate hardest. They turn on seven clauses most companies skim.
- Protecting Trade Secrets in California Without a Non-CompeteWithout non-competes, California companies protect information rather than people. That takes NDAs that survive scrutiny, access controls, and a documented offboarding process.
Where we serve
International Employment & Business Law counsel for businesses and employees throughout San Diego County.
We fight for you.
Schedule a confidential consultation to discuss your business or employment matter.