International business law · Chicago
TEIL Firms guides companies through contracts, intellectual property, and trade compliance in markets on six continents. Led from Chicago by a Managing Attorney with 26 years of practice.
TEIL Firms is an international business law practice outside Chicago. For 26 years the firm has helped companies protect what they make, paper what they agree to, and clear what they ship.
DESK 01 · WORLDWIDE
Trademarks and patents that travel with your goods: registration, licensing, enforcement, and a protection strategy for every market you sell in.
DESK 02 · THE PAPER
Distribution agreements, supplier terms, and joint ventures, drafted and negotiated so every clause holds up when the deal crosses a border.
DESK 03 · PORT OF ENTRY
Customs classification, tariffs, and export controls: the rules of entry for goods moving in and out of the United States, handled before they become problems.
Where excellence matters.
Managing Attorney of The Evans International Law Firms, LLC, a woman owned practice certified as an MBE, WBE and DBE company. She has practiced for 26 years and teaches international trade for U.S. Department of Commerce programs.
Matters handled across six continents, in the languages the deal is done in:
| University of Miami School of Law | J.D., 1994 |
| The John Marshall Law School, Chicago | LL.M., INT’L TRADE |
| State of Illinois | 1997 |
| State of New Jersey | |
| U.S. Court of International Trade | NEW YORK |
| Illinois District Export Council, U.S. Dept. of Commerce | THROUGH 2028 |
When duty rates move, the right customs classification is real money for an importer.
Technology, software, and dual use goods need clearance before they ever leave the country.
De minimis rules for direct to consumer shipments keep changing, and the costs land fast.
These are running themes on the firm’s blog. Read the latest at teilfirms.com.
The office is at High Point Towers in Hillside, Illinois, just west of Chicago. The firm is admitted in Illinois, New Jersey, and before the U.S. Court of International Trade, and has handled matters for clients trading on six continents.
It starts with a free 15 minute intake by phone. If the matter fits the practice, the next step is a scheduled consultation. Bring whatever paper you have: contracts, registrations, or shipment documents.
Small and midsize companies that import, export, or sell internationally, with depth in manufacturing, technology, food, and transportation. If your goods or deals cross a border, the practice fits.
Yes. Across the team the firm works in English, Spanish, French, and Arabic, which matters when contracts, counterparties, and regulators do not all speak the same language.
It is the federal court that hears customs and international trade disputes, sitting in New York. Admission to practice before it means the firm can take a trade matter from the agency level into court without handing it off.
Book a consultation online, or start with a free 15 minute intake call. Either way, you talk to the counsel, not a gatekeeper.
Free 15 minute intake by phone