The Globalization Playbook

Kieran Trant, Partner at Matheson, one of the leading law firms in Ireland joins Tim Rezendes and William Devenish for the latest episode of The Globalization Playbook. Kieran provides an in-depth profile of Ireland, explains why so many international businesses choose it as their operational hub for Europe and highlights important business and legal considerations for success in the market.

In this episode of The Globalization Playbook, Anna Lundy, a UK commercial and regulatory lawyer based out of Osborne Clarke’s London office, joins Tim Rezendes and William Devenish to discuss how to sell physical products into the UK and European markets. Anna covers a wide range of considerations including: market differences, product conformity and labelling requirements, import and distribution strategies and key regulatory issues to take into account when selling products into the market.

Michael Guiney, Head of Business Development at Kinstellar, a leading law firm in the CEE region joins Tim Rezendes and William Devenish for the latest episode of The Globalization Playbook. Michael provides an in-depth profile of the Central and Eastern European region, opportunities for international companies doing business in the market and the keys to success.

 The latest episode of The Globalization Playbook explores the French market and some of the considerations US businesses need to think about when planning to launch in France. Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by Cyrille d'Amécourt  a Senior Associate in Osborne Clarke's Paris office to discuss doing business in France.

The latest episode of The Globalization Playbook explores the Swedish market and some of the considerations US businesses need to think about when planning to launch in the Nordic region. Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by Henrik Bergstrom a Partner in Osborne Clarke's Stockholm office to discuss doing business in Sweden and the wider Nordic region.

Simon Huang (Counsel) and Nina Carlina (Associate) from Osborne Clarke's Singapore office join Tim Rezendes and William Devenish for the latest episode of The Globalization Playbook. Simon and Nina discuss the market opportunity in Singapore and the use of Singapore as a regional HQ. This episode also explores the Singapore business environment and how US businesses can succeed in Singapore.

Jorgo Tsiris Partner in Osborne Clarke's Amsterdam office joins Tim Rezendes and William Devenish for the latest episode of The Globalization Playbook. Jorgo discuss the market opportunity in the Netherlands, provide insights on the Dutch business environment and provide his thoughts on how US businesses can succeed in the Netherlands.

Vinciane Rysselinck (Senior Counsel) and Louis Hoffreumon (Senior Associate) in Osborne Clarke's Brussels, Belgium office join Tim Rezendes and William Devenish for the latest episode of The Globalization Playbook. Vinciane and Louis discuss the market opportunity in Belgium, provide insights on the Belgium business environment and provide their thoughts on how US businesses can succeed in Belgium.

In the latest episode of TheGlobalization Playbook, Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by VikramJeet Singh, Partner at Osborne Clarke's Indian relationship firm, BTG Legal, todiscuss doing business in India. In addition to discussing the Indian businessenvironment, Vikram explores how fast growing US businesses can achieve acompetitive edge in the Indian market.

In the second episode of series 2 of The Globalization Playbook, Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by Marta Lao and Anna Iborra from Osborne Clarke Spain to discuss doing business in Spain. As well as providing an insight into the business environment in Spain, this episode explores how fast growing US businesses have achieved success with their Spanish operations.

In the first episode of 2021 of The Globalization Playbook, Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by Osborne Clarke Germany Partners Nanni Spitzer, Rouven Siegemund and Felix Hilgert to discuss doing business in Germany. As well as providing an insight into the business environment in Germany, this episode explores how fast growing US businesses have achieved success with their German operations.

In this episode of The Globalization Playbook, Chris Wrigley, co-chair of Osborne Clarke's Global Compliance team joins Tim and William to discuss how US companies should tackle regulatory compliance outside of the US. Chris discusses best practices for global compliance, and how to ensure a strong compliance culture is developed as the business rapidly expands.

In the latest episode of the Globalization Playbook, Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by advertising law specialists Ben Dunham to discuss how US companies can effectively and compliantly advertise and market their products and services in international markets. Ben discusses best practices for go-to-market strategies in overseas markets, how to deal with a broad range of advertising regulations, avoid misleading claims and regulatory enforcement and how to run compliant email and social media marketing campaigns.

In the latest episode of the Globalization Playbook, Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by commercial law specialists Cathy Han and Simon Downes to discuss how US based businesses should approach sales and contracts with European based customers. Cathy and Simon talk about localizing terms of business, the European approach to consumer protection and European cookie laws for websites.

This week's episode of The Globalization Playbook focuses on how US based businesses should tackle data privacy in Europe. Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by data privacy experts Emily Jones (Partner and Head of San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices) and Tobias Rothkegel (Senior Associate, Germany) to discuss how to deal with data privacy and the GDPR as you launch and grow a footprint in Europe.

Jonathan Mills, an Associate Director in our London Real Estate team, who recently was seconded to our New York office, joins Tim Rezendes and William Devenish to discuss how US businesses can address their international real estate needs as they expand.

In this episode of The Globalization Playbook, Michael Carter, head of Osborne Clarke’s Incentives team, joins Tim Rezendes and William Devenish to discuss how to offer stock to your non-US based employees. In the episode Michael covers off the difference in offering stock outside of the US and some of the considerations businesses should make when offering stock to non-US based employees.

Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by UK IP specialist Hannah McCarthy based in Osborne Clarke's Bristol office. They focus on IP strategies for fast-growth companies looking to protect and exploit their intellectual property beyond domestic markets from trademarks, copyrighted works and patents. They discuss international registrations, protecting the brand globally and defending IP as the business continues to expand.

Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by UK tax lawyer Luolan Dong in Osborne Clarke’s London office. They discuss the basic tax considerations for companies starting their international expansion journey from initial corporate structuring to payroll and income tax to VAT registrations and intercompany arrangements focusing on how companies can lay a strong structural foundation for future growth.

Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by UK corporate lawyer Caroline Drummond based in Osborne Clarke’s Silicon Valley office and Spanish corporate lawyer Marta Lao based in Osborne Clarke's Barcelona office. They discuss best practices for cross-border transactions focusing on utilizing M&A as a market entry strategy to quickly scale in a new region.