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Cases · Business & ownership · Restructuring, insolvency & business recovery

Urgent Respond to a legal notice or demand letter from abroad

We've received a legal letter from another country. How serious is it?

WONE Global has counsel in that country assess the claim and the deadline, respond for you and set out whether to negotiate or defend.

Countries in the typical case India · Germany

The situation

What is happening

You have received a lawyer's letter, a demand or court papers from another country.

What is at stake

A missed deadline can lead to a default judgment that is later enforced against you at home.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Mid-sized companies
  • Founders and growing companies
  • Private clients and families
  • Sport and entertainment

A scenario

ExporterMid-sized company · from India · in Germany

A German buyer's lawyers are claiming damages for late delivery.

Where it ends The claim answered properly.

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

Also asked as “Demand letter from foreign lawyers”“Served with papers from a foreign court”“A supplier has made a statutory demand”“Our counterparty is threatening litigation in another country”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global has counsel in that country assess the claim and the deadline, respond for you and set out whether to negotiate or defend.

Usually led by Disputes and arbitration, with Contracts and commercial law.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. First daysGerman counsel assesses.
  2. Week 1Reply.
  3. Weeks 2-6Negotiation.
  4. ThenDefence if needed.

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

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01How serious the letter is and what deadline applies
  2. 02Whether the foreign court has jurisdiction
  3. 03Whether to respond, negotiate or defend

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A professional reading of the letter
  • A response within the deadline
  • A defence strategy if proceedings follow

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 leadsDisputes and arbitration5 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedContracts and commercial law12 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Disputes and arbitration, 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. Germanyin the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  2. Indiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Argentina WONE Global Partner Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari · Lawyer Brief this Partner →
  4. Kenya WONE Global Partner James Ngochi Ngugi · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  5. Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
  6. Saudi Arabia WONE Global Partner Abdulrahim bin Saleh Al-Zahrani · Founding Partner & General Manager Brief this Partner →
  7. Zambia WONE Global Partner Reagan Blankfein Gates · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  8. Singapore On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  9. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  10. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  11. 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 →

Dr. Silvia Patricia MaccariPalermo · Argentina

WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari

Lawyer · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Palermo

She is a lawyer, graduated from the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. She took his first steps in the nation's judiciary, in the National Labor Court, where he developed a rapid caree…

Andrzej ZacharzewskiKraków · Poland

WONE Global Capability Partner · Poland

Andrzej Zacharzewski

Complete profile

Partner · Zacharzewski & Partners Law Office · Kraków

Attorney at Law. Co-founder of the law firm. Provides litigation services to banks and advises corporate clients in international trade. Supervises the work of the Litigation Department and the International Desk. Chair…

Reagan Blankfein GatesLusaka · Zambia

WONE Global Capability Partner · Zambia

Reagan Blankfein Gates

Managing Partner · Reagan Blankfein Gates Legal Practitioners · Lusaka

Reagan started his career in practice at Mainza & Company where he had interned while pursuing a bar qualification at the Zambia Institute of Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) in 2008. Upon being called to the bar, Reaga…

Dr. Esteban Lucio MaccariBuenos Aires · Argentina

WONE Global Capability Partner · Argentina

Dr. Esteban Lucio Maccari

Managing Director · Maccari Adam & Asociados · Buenos Aires

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…

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UNIONE™ · Before You Arbitrate™

If this becomes a dispute, test it first.

Test the claim or the defence, the evidence, the exposure and the settlement options before committing to formal proceedings.

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UNIONE™ is the UNBOUNDED™ Global Ecosystem's institution for cross-border dispute prevention, resolution, arbitration and enforcement. Like WONE Global, it is part of the ecosystem, and the two work as one. Links open theunione.org. Visit UNIONE™ · Disputes with WONE Global and UNIONE™