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In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding corporate immigration across a range of jurisdictions.

Some topics discussed include a global overview of modern slavery and corporate supply chain compliance and more.

This resource provides jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to technology sourcing laws and regulations around the world.

This guide covers issues relating to procurement processes, dispute resolution procedures, intellectual property rights, data protection and employment law.

This article aims to explain the landscape across Europe’s main markets, and to highlight the key differences in each of those markets.

This multijurisdictional guide covers common issues in initial public offerings, including the IPO process, regulatory architecture, public company responsibilities, potential risks, liabilities, and pitfalls.

Imagine you are in house at a digital/eCommerce company and your business team approaches you with plans to start selling internationally. They regale you with grand promises from global payment providers: "They'll take care of everything—local website, language translation, exchange rate, payment facilitation, etc. It's plug and play!" Not so fast. Before you get moving, there are a myriad of other essential pieces to consider: Will you be shipping physical products - if so, how and from where? Have we thought about customs duties, local product regulations, corporate tax implications, terms and conditions, and IP rights? Are there marketing and advertising restrictions in local countries? What data protection and security issues will we face? Join this session to delve into the many issues consumer-facing companies should address when seeking to expand globally.

This guide provides a compilation of insights from legal practitioners around the world to assist in the identification and understanding of the laws and regulations that impact the drug and medical device industry.

With a 500 percent increase in international corruption-related global resolutions over the past two years, corruption remains a top-of-mind risk for your management and board.

This QuickCounsel (Quick Overview) outlines what companies could have done and should be doing to protect their data against cybersecurity threats.

In this Quick Overview, in-house counsel can learn about important Intellectual Property terms that are often used when working with outside counsel in the United States.

Getting the Deal Through is delighted to publish the ninth edition of Arbitration, a volume in our series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.

In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding pharmaceutical advertising across a range of jurisdictions.

The guide presents overviews on general data privacy laws on personally identifiable information, personal health information, financial information and other sensitive data in different jurisdictions around the world.

This guide covers common issues regarding private client laws in 24 jurisdictions.

Topics explored include pre-entry tax planning, connection factors, taxation issues on inward investment, succession planning, trusts and foundations, immigration issues, and tax treaties.

Personal brand equity is a vital component of successful business — even for busy in-house attorneys. Luckily, social media tools such as LinkedIn and Twitter are invaluable assets when it comes to efficiently enhancing your brand. Make sure your brand isn’t in the bargain bin.

Michael Wu, general counsel of Rosetta Stone Inc., discusses anti-bribery law, IP and enforcement issues, and the office as a global meeting place.

Any US corporation with multinational operations and an unoptimized corporate structure that would benefit from reorganization of its operations along regional lines and responsibilities should consider whether a principal or other efficiency and profitability promoting restructuring might achieve similar benefits for it.

With little public sympathy left for big business, compliance management is nothing to take lightly. If you disagree, prepare for the inevitable: legal sanctions, financial losses and a tarnished reputation. based on the Swiss corporate environment, learn the five fundamentals of effective compliance management and ensure your company remains in the public spotlight for all the right reasons.

A review of mergers and acquisitions in Europe in 2021, with insights on key trends.

This is a brief booklet describing the main characteristics of various legal entities throughout Europe.

This guide provides corporate counsel and international practitioners with comprehensive jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guidance to digital health laws and regulations around the world.

Topics covered include digital health technologies, data use, data sharing, intellectual property, commercial agreements, AI and machine learning, and liability.

In this multi-jurisdictional guide, explore an overview of key legal issues, rules and developments regarding corporate governance across a range of jurisdictions.

Whether you believe that the legal profession has changed little or drastically, one thing that has evolved over the years is the role of general counsel. The GC role that once consisted of oversight and management of the legal function now involves everything from advising on issues of globalization to risk management. GCs and their legal departments therefore must be armed with the necessary resources to insure their organizations’ success.

This Wisdom of the Crowd (ACC member discussion) discusses how to address an elderly employee's request to be provided with a scooter, and related questions pertaining to reasonable accommodation under the US Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and potential claims of unequal treatment. This resource was compiled from questions and responses posted on the forum of the Employment & Labor Law ACC Network.

This guide is part of the Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business series which provides general information about legal and business infrastructures in jurisdictions around the world.