Black Helterline, established in 1898 and based in Portland, Ore., provides legal services to emerging and established Pacific Northwest businesses, individuals, governmental entities and nonprofit institutions. The firm has an active Pacific Rim practice and offers its services in language capabilities in Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Russian and French. Black Helterline s practice areas include bankruptcy and reorganizations, business law, Canada and United States cross border services, construction law, employee benefits, employment law, environmental law, family law and financial institutions. It also offers immigration services, intellectual property and licensing, international business, real estate and land use, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, services to professionals, taxation and trusts, estates and probate.