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When cross-border business becomes a dispute, UNIONE™, also part of the UNBOUNDED™ Global Ecosystem, prevents it, resolves it, arbitrates it and plans enforcement. 339 Fellows in 58 countries.

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Something has just happened · 9

It needs someone in that country this week.

A payment frozen, goods held, a letter from a foreign court, a partner gone silent. These cases say first what to do today, and who can act there.

Urgent How do we stop the other side moving assets or destroying evidence?Contracts, commercial disputes & collections Urgent Our bank has frozen an international payment. What can we do?Payments, FX, digital assets & treasury Urgent Our bank says it will close our account. Can we stop it?Banking, lending & secured finance Urgent We've received a tax notice from another country. Do we have to pay?Tax assessments, disputes & management Urgent We paid a supplier abroad and nothing arrived. How do we get our money back?Contracts, commercial disputes & collections Urgent We've received a legal letter from another country. How serious is it?Restructuring, insolvency & business recovery Urgent A foreign authority wants our documents apostilled or legalised. How?Market entry, licensing & government engagement Urgent Our licence application abroad has been stuck for months. Can anyone move it?Market entry, licensing & government engagement Urgent Our partner abroad has stopped responding and is holding our money and stock.Contracts, commercial disputes & collections

01 · 24 cases

Business & ownership

Shareholders, boards, deals and companies in difficulty.

Corporate ownership & governance

Disagreements between founders, shareholders and directors, and the records and filings that keep a company in order.

Founders, companies, boards, shareholders

How do we keep our foreign company compliant with the registry every year?How do we change directors or shareholders of our company abroad?How do we set up a joint venture with a partner abroad?How do we expand through a partner abroad without losing control?We have too many companies abroad. How do we simplify?We're in a dispute with our partner in a company abroad. What are our options?Our co-founder has stopped cooperating with the business Directors disagree over a major investment A director faces allegations of breach of fiduciary duty The company has lost important statutory records An investor wants veto rights over business decisions A shareholder agreement does not reflect the current ownership We need to reorganise a complex group of family-owned companies A beneficial ownership filing has been challenged A founder wants to buy back employee shares Shareholders are disputing dividends and related-party payments Our board needs an independent governance review

Mergers, acquisitions & private equity

Buying, selling and investing in companies, including deals that span several countries.

Owners, buyers, sellers, PE funds

We want to buy a company abroad. Where do we start?What has to happen between signing and closing a deal abroad?How do we separate one business line into its own company?How do we prepare our group for a sale or a new investor?How do we sell our subsidiary abroad?

Restructuring, insolvency & business recovery

Businesses under financial pressure, failing customers or suppliers, and insolvencies that cross borders.

Companies, lenders, creditors, owners

Urgent We've received a legal letter from another country. How serious is it?We're pulling out of a country. How do we wind down?

02 · 8 cases

Capital & assets

Raising and moving money, listed companies, funds, banks, payments and assets held abroad.

Funds, investment managers & private capital

Setting up and running funds, investor rights and fund disputes.

Funds, fund managers, LPs, investors

What do we need to fix before raising a large round with foreign investors?

Cross-border assets & ownership

Property, aircraft, vessels, art, land and other assets held in or moved between countries.

Investors, asset owners, family offices

How do we protect ourselves as a minority investor abroad?We want to invest in a project abroad. What should we check?Can we move assets, IP or staff from one country's company to another's?

Banking, lending & secured finance

Opening and keeping bank accounts, borrowing, guarantees and security over assets abroad.

Businesses, lenders, borrowers, guarantors

Urgent Our bank says it will close our account. Can we stop it?

Payments, FX, digital assets & treasury

Payments that are held or diverted, cash trapped abroad, currency risk and digital assets.

Treasurers, importers, exporters, fintechs

Urgent Our bank has frozen an international payment. What can we do?How do we set up loans between our group companies abroad?How do we bring profits back from our company abroad?

03 · 7 cases

Tax, finance & assurance

Tax disputes and planning, accounts, audits, due diligence and valuations.

Tax assessments, disputes & management

Tax assessments, audits, penalties and refunds, at home or abroad.

Companies, entrepreneurs, taxpayers

Urgent We've received a tax notice from another country. Do we have to pay?

International tax planning & transfer pricing

How a group is structured and taxed across countries, including transfer pricing.

Multinationals, groups, investors

At what point do our sales abroad mean we need a local company?Should we reorganise how our regional business is run?We're moving an executive to another country. What do we need?Should we move our companies under a new holding company?

Due diligence, valuation & forensic accounting

Checking a business, a partner or a set of accounts before you rely on them, and valuing assets.

Investors, acquirers, boards, litigants

Who can run due diligence on a target in another country?Can we safely do business with this company abroad?

04 · 8 cases

People & private matters

Employees, visas and mobility, families, inheritance and personal wealth.

Employment, labour & workplace disputes

Hiring, dismissals, disputes and investigations involving employees, in one country or several.

Employers, executives, employees

How do we hire our first employees in a new country legally?How do we grow our teams quickly in several countries?Can we hire someone abroad without setting up a company there?Does having staff working remotely abroad create tax for our company there?How do we dismiss an employee in another country lawfully?How do we let staff go when we leave a country?A senior employee is joining a competitor abroad. Can we protect our secrets?

Family, succession & private client

Wills, estates, divorce, children, trusts and family businesses across countries.

Families, heirs, business owners, trustees

How do I protect my personal wealth from my business's risks?

05 · 17 cases

Markets, trade & operations

Customs and trade, supply chains, competition, market entry and market strategy.

International trade, customs & sanctions

Customs, classification and origin, trade remedies, export controls and sanctions on trade.

Manufacturers, traders, logistics firms

We want to start exporting to a new country. Where do we begin?Which Incoterms should we use, and who pays duties and taxes?How do we set up a supply chain across several countries?Our shipment is delayed or blocked. How do we resolve it?A new law affects how we operate in several countries. What must we change?

Supply chain, product safety & consumer claims

Supplier failures, recalls, product liability, labour and quality issues in supply chains.

Manufacturers, retailers, importers

Do our labels and product meet the rules in this country?How do we check a new supplier abroad before we pay them?What happens if our key overseas supplier fails?Our partner abroad has breached the contract. What are our options?

Market entry, licensing & government engagement

Entering a country, obtaining licences and dealing lawfully with government.

International businesses, investors, startups

Urgent A foreign authority wants our documents apostilled or legalised. How?Urgent Our licence application abroad has been stuck for months. Can anyone move it?Should we open a branch, a subsidiary or just use a distributor abroad?How do we set up a company in another country, and how long will it take?Which licences do we need before we can start operating abroad?What do we need to open another office or facility abroad?

Commercial intelligence & market strategy

Market research, feasibility studies, partner screening and expansion decisions.

Boards, founders, strategic investors

Should we sell abroad through a distributor, a reseller or directly?We're in one market abroad. How do we add a second one?

06 · 19 cases

Risk, disputes & investigations

Contract disputes, investigations, sanctions, insurance claims and professional liability.

Contracts, commercial disputes & collections

Unpaid invoices, broken contracts, arbitration, court claims and enforcement abroad.

Businesses, investors, creditors

Urgent How do we stop the other side moving assets or destroying evidence?Urgent We paid a supplier abroad and nothing arrived. How do we get our money back?Urgent Our partner abroad has stopped responding and is holding our money and stock.Should we appoint a distributor or an agent abroad, and how do we protect ourselves?Can our existing contract be transferred to our new local company?Who keeps track of our contracts and renewals in other countries?Will our standard contract hold up with customers in other countries?How should we price and invoice customers abroad so we actually get paid?What should our international supply agreement include?How do we move customer and supplier contracts to another group company?A company abroad owes us money and won't pay. How do we recover it?We may have to sue or arbitrate abroad. How do we prepare?We've won our case. How do we enforce it in other countries?How do we end our distributor agreement abroad without a big claim?A customer abroad hasn't paid us. How do we get our money?

White-collar investigations & financial crime

Fraud, bribery, money laundering and investigations by authorities or the company.

Businesses, directors, financial institutions

We suspect misconduct in our office abroad. How do we investigate?We've received a notice from a regulator abroad. What do we do?We think we've been defrauded by someone abroad. What now?

07 · 24 cases

Technology & intellectual property

Cyber incidents, data, AI, brands, patents, trade secrets and content rights.

Cybercrime, data breaches & AI disputes

Cyber attacks, data breaches, privacy, AI systems and online accounts.

Businesses, online services, institutions, individuals

Can we send customer or employee data to another country?Can we move customer or employee data to another country?Are we using AI lawfully in all the countries we operate in?

Trademarks, brands & counterfeiting

Brand registrations, copycats, counterfeits, domain names and licences.

Brands, founders, manufacturers, creators

Do we need to register our brand before we export?How do we register our trade mark in other countries?Someone is selling under our brand in another country. How do we stop them?We're launching in new countries. Is our brand protected there?We've been accused of infringing a patent or trade mark abroad. What now?

Patents, trade secrets & technology licensing

Patents, know-how, inventions and technology licences.

Innovators, manufacturers, researchers

How do we protect our technology in other countries?How do we license our technology abroad without losing control of it?Do we actually own the code and designs our contractors abroad created?We're about to reveal a new product. Have we protected it?A competitor is commercialising technology covered by our patent We need a freedom-to-operate review before product launch A foreign partner has disclosed confidential know-how Our patent application has been challenged We need to value patents before a financing transaction A research collaboration has unclear IP ownership provisions Our business wants to monetise a patent portfolio A manufacturer may be infringing a design right Our software licensing model is being disputed We need cross-border enforcement of a technology licence An international joint venture needs trade-secret protections

Copyright, media & digital content rights

Content, music, film, software, images and royalties across territories.

Publishers, media, artists, software businesses

How do I protect my brand and channel as a creator earning internationally?

08 · 2 cases

Specialist sectors

Sport, healthcare and life sciences, education and non-profit institutions.

Sports, athletes & sporting institutions

Athletes, clubs, federations, events, transfers, image rights and sports disputes.

Athletes, clubs, federations, sponsors

How do we set up a sports agency in another country?

Healthcare, life sciences & medical regulation

Approvals, licences, trials, data, IP and transactions in healthcare.

Healthcare enterprises, manufacturers, investors

Can we launch our product in this country, or does it need approval first?

Every case opens on its own page: what is at stake, how WONE Global handles it, who handles it in each market, and the questions to put to Ask WONE. Typical cases and scenarios are illustrative, not client matters. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your countries before anything starts.

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