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Cases · Technology & intellectual property · Copyright, media & digital content rights

Stage a live event or festival abroad

We're staging a festival or concert abroad. What do we need?

WONE Global coordinates permits, venue and artist contracts, tax, visas and insurance in the host country through one lead.

Countries in the typical case Netherlands · United Arab Emirates

The situation

What is happening

An organiser is staging a concert, festival or exhibition in another country.

What is at stake

Events fail on permits, tax and contracts arranged too late.

Who faces this

  • Corporations
  • Sport and entertainment

A scenario

Festival brandSport and entertainment · from Netherlands · in United Arab Emirates

It is launching an edition in Abu Dhabi.

Where it ends A festival run lawfully.

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

Also asked as “Event permits abroad”“Insurance and contracts for live events”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global coordinates permits, venue and artist contracts, tax, visas and insurance in the host country through one lead.

Usually led by Licences, permits and regulators, with Contracts and commercial law, Business insurance and Tax and structuring.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. Months 1-2Permits.
  2. Month 3Artist and venue contracts.
  3. Month 4Insurance and tax.
  4. EventDelivered.

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

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Event permits, safety and alcohol rules
  2. 02Ticketing, consumer law and refunds
  3. 03Insurance, sponsorship and artist contracts

Outcomes

What you receive

  • Permits obtained
  • Contracts with venue, artists and sponsors
  • Insurance and ticketing terms in place

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

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. Netherlandsin 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. Colombia WONE Global Partner Katherin Diaz Velilla · Co-Founder Brief this Partner →
  4. India On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  5. Saudi Arabia 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 Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  8. 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…

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…

Roberto GilardinoShanghai · China

WONE Global Capability 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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