International Legal Services for Expanding Companies

What This Area Covers

Expanding into a new market involves navigating a new and often complex legal environment, which varies from country to country. Addressing legal aspects early in the planning phase helps mitigate risks, avoid delays, and prevent significant future costs.

Key legal considerations include:

• Drafting and reviewing commercial contracts– including agreements with customers, suppliers, local partners, and distributors, ensuring the company’s interests are protected and exposure to legal risks is minimized.
• Mergers and acquisitions of local companies– supporting legal due diligence processes, reviewing liabilities, ownership structures, licensing, and intangible assets.
• Setting up a local entity– registering a legal entity in compliance with local requirements, determining ownership and tax structures, and ensuring adherence to reporting and regulatory obligations.
• Local labor law compliance– adapting employment contracts, benefits, working hours, employee rights, termination rules, and collective agreements where applicable.
• Intellectual property protection– registering trademarks, patents, and copyrights, as well as monitoring and addressing potential infringements in the target market.