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Protect against supplier failure

What happens if our key overseas supplier fails?

WONE Global reviews contract protections, ownership of tooling and stock, and contingency options, and acts quickly with local professionals if the supplier fails.

Countries in the typical case Netherlands · China

The situation

What is happening

What is at stake

A single supplier failure abroad can stop production and leave deposits and tooling stuck in an insolvency.

A scenario

Consumer brandMid-sized company · from Netherlands · in China

Its only manufacturer shows signs of financial distress.

Where it ends Production protected if the supplier fails.

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

Also asked as “Supplier insolvency abroad”“How do we secure supply if a manufacturer collapses?”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global reviews contract protections, ownership of tooling and stock, and contingency options, and acts quickly with local professionals if the supplier fails.

Usually led by Legal & Contracting, with Insurance & Risk Transfer and Risk, Compliance & Financial Integrity.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Week 1WONE Global reviews contract, tooling and stock ownership.
  2. Week 2Local professionals secure tooling and stock.
  3. Weeks 3-6Alternative suppliers qualified.
  4. ThenContingency plan in place.

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

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Which suppliers are single points of failure
  2. 02Contract rights on insolvency, delay or quality failure
  3. 03Insurance and second-source options

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A supplier risk map
  • Strengthened contract remedies
  • Contingency sourcing and insurance options

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 leadsLegal & Contracting18 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedInsurance & Risk TransferArranged on request→
  3. Often involvedRisk, Compliance & Financial Integrity11 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Legal & Contracting, 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. Chinain the typical case WONE Global Partner Roberto Gilardino · Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries Brief this Partner →
  2. Netherlandsin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Argentina WONE Global Partner Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari · Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  4. Australia WONE Global Partner Alice Turner · Lawyer Brief this Partner →
  5. Brazil WONE Global Partner José Antonio Balieiro Lima · Partner, Tax, Administrative & Maritime Law Brief this Partner →
  6. Cameroon WONE Global Partner Edmond Christian AKOA MBALLA · Founder & Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  7. Ethiopia WONE Global Partner Mekonnen Shiferaw · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  8. Israel WONE Global Partner Karin Horev · Founding Partner Brief this Partner →
  9. Italy WONE Global Partner Alessandro Dagnino · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  10. Morocco WONE Global Partner Mouad Aktaou · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  11. Panama WONE Global Partner Ebrahim Asvat K. · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  12. Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
  13. Portugal WONE Global Partner Bruna Prinzo · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  14. Saudi Arabia WONE Global Partner Abdulrahim bin Saleh Al-Zahrani · Founding Partner & General Manager Brief this Partner →
  15. South Africa WONE Global Partner Johan Beer · Partner Brief this Partner →
  16. Spain WONE Global Partner David Bermejo Perramón · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  17. Uganda WONE Global Partner Tony Galandi Kiire · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  18. United States WONE Global Partner Frederick Miles Adler · Principal Brief this Partner →
  19. Zambia WONE Global Partner Reagan Blankfein Gates · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  20. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  21. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  22. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  23. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

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Roberto GilardinoShanghai · China

WONE Global Partner · China

Roberto Gilardino

Regional Partner North Asia & additional countries · Horizons (Shanghai) Corporate Advisory Company · Shanghai

Roberto Gilardino is Regional Partner at Horizons, supervising the advisory’s activities in North Asia as well as additional countries (including Mongolia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, UAE, Cyprus and Malta).

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