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Illustrative cross-border scenario · Dealing with cross-border problems
Illustrative case study showing how a business objective can be coordinated across countries, capabilities, responsible professionals and milestones.
Dealing with cross-border problems: Austria ↔ Uganda delivery programme. An illustrative scenario showing how WONE Global coordinates the countries and areas of expertise involved. It does not describe a specific client engagement.
- 2
- areas of work
- 2
- markets
- Multidisciplinary alignment
Scope
Markets and services involved
Markets
Capabilities
Coordination
How the work is sequenced
- 1WONE Global works out the goal with the business: countries, expertise, order of work and risks.
- 2The WONE Global lead in each country and area of expertise is introduced, after conflict checks.
- 3The firms work in a sequence agreed up front, briefing each other and handing over properly.
- 4Your WONE Global contact keeps track of the whole project until it's done.
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Who would handle it in these markets
Named leads where they exist today; everything else arranged by WONE Global on request, with the name confirmed before work begins.
On request
WONE Global can find the right Buying, selling and investing professional in Austria and Uganda for you.
No WONE Global Partner holds this yet. Send us your requirement: WONE Global confirms whether a vetted Associate firm can act, tells you who it is and checks for conflicts before any work begins.
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The two markets in this matter
The essentials of each market on the topics this kind of work turns on.
Austria
Essentials · source-checked
- Corporate income tax
- 23% (as at mid-2026)
- VAT
- 20% standard; 13%, 10% and 4.9% reduced
- Main entity form
- GmbH, minimum share capital EUR 10,000
- Foreign investment
- Generally open; non-EU acquisitions in sensitive sectors need approval
- Currency and capital flows
- Euro; no exchange controls
- New York Convention
- Party
Uganda
Essentials · source-checked
- Corporate income tax
- Standard rate 30% (as at mid-2026)
- VAT
- Standard rate 18% (as at mid-2026)
- Main entity form
- Company limited by shares; registered foreign company (branch)
- Foreign investment
- Registration and investment licence with the Uganda Investment Authority.
- Currency and exchange control
- Uganda shilling; no general exchange controls
- Data protection
- Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019; Personal Data Protection Office
| Topic | Austria | Uganda |
|---|---|---|
| Establish & Structure | Austria is open to foreign investment and most investors use a limited liability company (GmbH), a stock corporation (AG) or a branch. Read more | Foreign investors usually incorporate a company limited by shares with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau, or register a foreign company within 30 days of establishing a place of business. Read more |
| Tax & Statutory | Read more | Read more |
| People, Payroll & Mobility | Read more | Read more |
| Banking, Treasury & Payments | Austria uses the euro and has no exchange controls; EU free movement of capital applies. Banks are supervised by the FMA and the ECB, with the Oesterreichische Nationalbank as the national central bank. Read more | Uganda has a liberalised foreign exchange regime with no general exchange controls. Banks are supervised by the Bank of Uganda and apply due diligence under the Anti-Money Laundering Act, and Uganda left the FATF grey list in 2024. Read more |
| Disputes, Enforcement & Exit | Commercial disputes go to the ordinary civil courts, with a specialised Commercial Court in Vienna and commercial divisions elsewhere, and the Supreme Court as final instance. Read more | The Commercial Division of the High Court hears business disputes and uses mandatory mediation. Arbitration is governed by the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, based on the UNCITRAL Model Law, and Uganda is a party to the New York Convention. Read more |
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