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Manufacturing
Overview
As a stakeholder in the manufacturing sector, you operate within a highly competitive global landscape shaped by evolving technologies, supply-chain complexities, and a shifting regulatory environment. Faegre Drinker leverages an extraordinary legacy of experience to serve manufacturing clients, representing companies that make and sell products across an array of industries, including automotive, construction, metals, health and life sciences, food and agribusiness, and consumer goods.
With an international presence, we seamlessly support your operations, expansion, and compliance needs — wherever your business takes you. Our customs and trade attorneys help you manage international regulations, import/export controls, and global supply-chain challenges. Our team also excels in environmental compliance and risk management, advising you on regulatory issues, sustainability initiatives, and environmental litigation. In labor relations, we support you in union negotiations, employment disputes, and workplace compliance, ensuring you maintain strong, effective workforce management.
Our multidisciplinary approach enables you to benefit from our collaborative experience across many practice areas, including M&A, high-stakes litigation, and strategic investment and capital deployment, drawing on resources and insights from overlapping sectors to provide comprehensive, business-focused legal solutions. Our extensive institutional knowledge allows us to anticipate challenges and address them proactively, so you can focus on your day-to-day operations. We act as your business partners and collaborators, evolving with the sector to help you advance your goals and overcome your most pressing challenges.
Insights & Events
Latest
New Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Petitions on Tris from China
First Quarter 2026 Government Contracts Policy and Regulatory Review
FDA-Related Legislative and Regulatory Proposals and Funding Change the President's FY27 Budget
Minnesota PFAS Reporting: Deadline Extension and Enhanced Support
California’s Cybersecurity Audit Rule and Its Impact for Class Litigation
Wayne Mason Inducted as Fellow to the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
EPA Extends PFAS Reporting Start Date under TSCA Section 8(a)(7)
New Countervailing Duty Petition on Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Algeria
New Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Petitions on Tin Mill Products from China, Taiwan, and Turkey
Faegre Drinker Welcomes Finance Partner Eleni Zodiates to London, Further Strengthening Its UK Finance & Restructuring Team
Insights
New Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Petitions on Tris from China
First Quarter 2026 Government Contracts Policy and Regulatory Review
FDA-Related Legislative and Regulatory Proposals and Funding Change the President's FY27 Budget
Minnesota PFAS Reporting: Deadline Extension and Enhanced Support
California’s Cybersecurity Audit Rule and Its Impact for Class Litigation
EPA Extends PFAS Reporting Start Date under TSCA Section 8(a)(7)
New Countervailing Duty Petition on Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Algeria
New Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Petitions on Tin Mill Products from China, Taiwan, and Turkey
US-Iran Conflict: Contractual Risks for Global Supply Chains
The Intel Report: Quarterly National Security Briefing
News
Wayne Mason Inducted as Fellow to the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
Faegre Drinker Welcomes Finance Partner Eleni Zodiates to London, Further Strengthening Its UK Finance & Restructuring Team
Helen Tuttle Named a 2026 NJBIZ Leaders in Law Honoree
Alexi Rouhani Joins Faegre Drinker’s Minneapolis Real Estate Group
Faegre Drinker Announces 2026 Leadership Transitions
Experience
Our Experience
Applied Products Sale to Bertram Capital
LCI Industries Closes $460M Convertible Notes Offering and Completes $1B in Refinancing
Industrial Materials Company Acquires 82% Equity Interest in Health Care Adhesives Corporation
Manufacturing Client Prevails in Worker’s Compensation Retaliation Suit; Affirmed on Appeal
Home Improvement Retailer Secures Significant Seventh Circuit Victory in Contract-Formation Dispute
Claros Technologies Secures $18M in Series A Financing
Meet The Team
Meet The Full Manufacturing Team
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Matt Abdifar
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Catherine H. Betts
Senior Immigration Attorney -
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Ben Buckles
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Mary Susan Gerber
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Judith E. Reich
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