Attorneys

Attorneys

Amy L. Hirter

Of Counsel

Experience

Amy Hirter joined HBC in 2009. Prior to joining the firm she was a partner at Sherman & Howard and of counsel with Holland & Hart, both large regional law firms. During more than 20 years of practice Amy has represented Fortune 100 companies, as well as small and mid-size businesses, in U.S. and cross-border business transactions. She specializes in software licensing, U.S. and international joint ventures, U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international distribution arrangements, unique strategic relationships involving specially-tailored contracts, the international sale of goods and services, management and services agreements, establishing foreign operations, outsourcing/offshoring, the creation of foreign investment vehicles and cross-border employment arrangements. Amy has in-depth expertise in the software, professional services, television programming and media sectors.

Amy serves as vice-chair of the ABA International Law Section's Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures Committee.

Amy is also the firm's representative to "10 for Change" and to the Sustainable Systems at Work roundtable sponsored by the Boulder Chamber of Commerce, in which participating businesses examine technologies and strategies to achieve environmental sustainability.

AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

Representative Cases and Transactions

Represented a U.S. software provider in its licensing and support services transactions worldwide.
Represented a U.S. joint venture party in negotiating with a Chinese counterpart in the management consulting field.
Represented a U.S. client in negotiating European contracts for custom development of software to operate medical equipment.
Created a joint venture to acquire and operate a U.S. regional sports television network.
Represented several U.S. companies with respect to foreign distribution contracts.
Counseled several clients with respect to limited liability companies and stockholders' agreements.
Represented a U.S.-based multinational in forming and operating a media venture in Japan and Australia.
Represented a major U.S. corporation in forming and operating an international media venture in Latin America, Europe and Australia.
Represented a U.S. cell phone technology company in purchasing a Canadian company from stockholders in several foreign jurisdictions.
Represented a U.S. owner of transportation technology in outsourcing manufacturing to a large Chinese company.
Counseled a U.S. engineering services company with respect to its European and Asian joint ventures.
Represented a U.S.-based multinational corporation in connection with the merger of its Chilean cable television and telecommunications subsidiary with another major Chilean telecom company, and in obtaining Chilean antitrust clearance for the merger.
Represented a U.S.-based multinational in forming and operating a media venture in Japan and Australia.
Supervised a large U.S. media company's foreign counsel worldwide.
Counseled a European luxury goods manufacturer in connection with its U.S. distributorships.
Represented a multinational health care industry client in its lease/purchase of VOIP telephony equipment for its affiliates worldwide.
Determined the foreign regulatory and antitrust requirements for a client's acquisition of control of a prominent U.S. multinational telecommunications company.
Represented a multinational media company in connection with negotiating and documenting numerous cross-border television programming agreements.
Represented a Chinese joint venture party in connection with establishing a global internet platform.
Represented a major U.S. media company in the sale of its DBS satellite television interests in Colombia, Chile, Brazil and Mexico.
Represented an English company in its offering of debt securities on the London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.

Publications and Presentations

Overseas Ventures and Adventures - American Corporate Counsel Association Docket, October 2007 (co-author)
Making Outsourcing/Offshoring Work for your Business (Chair) - October 2006
Expanding Your Business Overseas - July 2006
Foreign Agents and Distributors: When and How to Use Them - Colorado Lawyer, April 2006
Practical Aspects of Cross-Border Expansion (Chair) -Spring 2006 ABA International Law Section meeting
Venturing Abroad for the First Time: How to Structure A Strategic Alliance (Chair), ABA 1997 annual meeting
Cross-Border Securities Offerings (Chair), Spring 1995 ABA International Law Section meeting

Areas of Practice

Education

University of Colorado School of Law, J.D. 1986
University of Colorado, B.A. 1980

Memberships / Awards

Past chair, ABA International Law Section's International Business Transactions Committee
Steering Committee, ABA International Law Section's Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures Committee
Past president, Colorado Bar Association's International Law Committee