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Cases · Markets, trade & operations · Supply chain, product safety & consumer claims

Add a new product line overseas

Can we launch a new product in our existing markets abroad?

WONE Global checks regulation, licensing, labelling and tax for the new line in each market and handles approvals.

Countries in the typical case United Kingdom · United Arab Emirates · Saudi Arabia

The situation

What is happening

What is at stake

A new product can fall under different rules, licences or taxes than your existing business.

A scenario

Healthcare companyCorporation · from United Kingdom · in United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia

It is adding medical devices to its consumer range in the Gulf.

Where it ends A new line approved in each market.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Regulatory approval for a new product line”“Does a new product change our licences?”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global checks regulation, licensing, labelling and tax for the new line in each market and handles approvals.

Usually led by Licences, permits and regulators, with Trade marks, patents and brands and Customs, trade and export controls.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Week 1WONE Global checks device classification.
  2. Weeks 2-6Registrations prepared.
  3. Months 2-4Approvals obtained.
  4. ThenLaunch.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01New licences, registrations or standards for the product
  2. 02Which entity sells and owns the IP
  3. 03Pricing, tax and customs effects

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A product regulatory checklist
  • IP and sales structure confirmed
  • Updated contracts and terms

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsLicences, permits and regulators1 market with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedTrade marks, patents and brands2 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedCustoms, trade and export controlsArranged on request→

Who handles it

Licences, permits and regulators, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Saudi Arabiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. United Arab Emiratesin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. United Kingdomin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. Colombia WONE Global Partner Katherin Diaz Velilla · Co-Founder Brief this Partner →
  5. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  6. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  7. United States On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

Katherin Diaz VelillaBogotá · Colombia

WONE Global Capability Partner · Colombia

Katherin Diaz Velilla

Complete profile

Co-Founder · V&V Associates · Bogotá

International tax attorney and strategic advisor with 12+ years across Colombia's DIAN, Ministry of Finance, Senate, Presidency, and EY. Co-founder of V&V Asociados. Specializes in cross-border tax structuring, transfer…

Anna PawlikowskaKraków · Poland

WONE Global Capability Partner · Poland

Anna Pawlikowska

Partner · Zacharzewski & Partners Law Office · Kraków

Legal Adviser. Co-founder of the Firm. Has been advising parties on technology contracts for more than a dozen years. Specialises in intellectual property law and new technologies. Provides day-to-day legal services to …

Tony Galandi KiireKampala · Uganda

WONE Global Capability Partner · Uganda

Tony Galandi Kiire

Managing Partner · Diamond Advocates · Kampala

Tony Kiire is the Founding and Managing Partner of Diamond Advocates, where he leads the Technology, Innovation, and Intellectual Property Law practice. He is also the founder of Lawtech Associates and Consult, the comp…

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