Sourced guides to doing business in each market, and the status of every service there. Partners are in place in 35 markets so far.
One WONE Global Partner for each service in each market. Start from what you need to do, or go straight to a service.
Describe what you need. WONE Global names the service and the professional before any work begins.
Bring a requirement →Licences, value chains and the questions businesses in each industry ask first, with the services that usually apply.
What one country changes for the other, worked journeys step by step, and who handles each side.
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.
41 jurisdictions, each with primary sources and the date last checked.
Named senior professionals, each admitted as the one firm for a service in their country, and the firms they lead.
One Partner per service, per jurisdiction, admitted by review against published criteria.
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Cases · Markets, trade & operations · Market entry, licensing & government engagement
Obtain the first licences and approvals
WONE Global maps every licence and approval in the order the regulator expects, prepares the applications with a local regulatory professional and tracks each one to decision.
Countries in the typical case United Kingdom · United Arab Emirates
The situation
What is at stake
Launch before the right approval and you risk fines, a forced stop or a blocked bank account; wait too long and the opportunity goes.
A scenario
Payments business, Series AFounder-led company · from United Kingdom · in United Arab Emirates
It wants to serve customers in the UAE but cannot tell whether it needs a central bank licence, a free-zone financial licence or both, and investors want a launch date.
Where it ends A clear licensing route and a realistic launch date investors can rely on.
A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.
Also asked as “Do we need a licence to sell our service in this country?”“Which approvals come before incorporation?”“Our foreign investment requires prior government approval”“A sector regulator has refused our operating licence”
The solution
WONE Global maps every licence and approval in the order the regulator expects, prepares the applications with a local regulatory professional and tracks each one to decision.
Usually led by Licences, permits and regulators, with Setting up and running a company and Contracts and commercial law.
Step by step, in the scenario
Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.
Decisions
Outcomes
This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.
Services
One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.
Who handles it
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.
Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →
Bogotá · ColombiaWONE Global Capability Partner · Colombia
Complete profile
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…
Vienna · AustriaWONE Global Capability Partner · Austria
Kigali · RwandaWONE Global Capability Partner · Rwanda
Lydie is the Founder and Managing Director of ML Corporate Services Ltd and the first Chairperson of the Rwanda Trust Companies Association (RTCA).
Dubai · United Arab EmiratesWONE Global Capability Partner · United Arab Emirates
Dr Hajra Nazir is qualified Professional Doctorate (PD) in Business Advisory & Compliance with prestigious organizations in the field of Corporate Advisory, Business Administration, Law, Commerce, Applied Economics etc.…
Buenos Aires · ArgentinaWONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina
He is a lawyer with a degree from the University of Buenos Aires and a degree in Spanish Law. He completed postgraduate studies in Strategic Business Management at the Polytechnic University of Madrid and the Glocoll at…
Brunswick · AustraliaWONE Global Capability Partner · Australia
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The markets, corridors and guides behind this case, and the questions to put to Ask WONE below. Every link opens a page that links back here.
Markets in the typical case
Corridors
Services and subject
Worked examples
Researched corridor journeys, and representative scenarios on the same subject. None is a specific client’s matter.
Market entry, licensing & government engagement
WONE Global Intelligence
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