Saudi Arabia acceded to the Madrid Protocol on 8 July 2026 and the Protocol entered into force for Saudi Arabia on 8…
Took effect 8 October 2026
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For general counsel and in-house legal teams
Counsel abroad, with the evidence to choose.
Read the rules that apply, see the named professional accountable for each service, and brief once. Fees and scope are agreed with the firm directly.
The questions your team asks first
Ask them now
Each opens Ask WONE with the question asked. The answer cites WONE Global's checked records and names the Partner who can act.
What to check in each market
The guide areas your team relies on
- Who may own the entity, and what ownership or registration is required
- Which licences the activity needs, and from which regulator
- Where personal data may be transferred, and on what basis
- Which courts or arbitration apply, and whether foreign awards are enforced
- Anti-bribery, sanctions and beneficial ownership duties
- How brands and patents are protected
From the Newsroom
Recent changes for your team
Market notes in the areas above, built from WONE Global's sourced statements, each labelled by how it was checked, and guides written for your team.
United States: From 1 October 2026, international trademark applications based on US filings are filed through WIPO's Madrid…
Took effect 1 October 2026
United Kingdom: The Information Commissioner's Office as a corporation sole was abolished and its functions moved to the Information…
Took effect 30 September 2026
Canada: PIPEDA does not prohibit transfers of personal information outside Canada
Took effect 10 September 2026
For general counsel: choosing counsel abroad
How a legal team can use WONE Global to brief once, see who is accountable, and keep control of cost.
22 October 2026
224 situations, in the words clients actually use
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23 October 2026
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Services and Partners
Who acts for your team
One WONE Global Partner for each service in each country. Where none is in place, WONE Global confirms a vetted Associate firm and tells you who it is first.
Legal & ContractingCorporate & Entity ServicesDisputes & ResolutionGovernment & Regulatory AffairsTechnology, Data & CyberIntellectual Property & Brand Protection
Bogotá · ColombiaWONE Global Partner · Colombia
Katherin Diaz Velilla
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, trans…
Lusaka · ZambiaWONE Global Partner · Zambia
Reagan Blankfein Gates
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…
Kraków · Poland
Panamá · PanamaWONE Global Partner · Panama
Ebrahim Asvat K.
Ebrahim Asvat K. is a founding partner of Patton, Moreno & Asvat. His practice focuses on corporate law, asset and tax planning, mergers and acquisitions, and offshore business structures. He holds an LL.M. from Harvard…
Yaoundé · CameroonWONE Global Partner · Cameroon
Gittel Ayuk
Gittel Ayuk is a dedicated legal practitioner with an LL.M. in Public Law from the University of Buea. She is a transactional lawyer with a focus on contracts, legal documentation, and advisory services for individuals …
Tel Aviv · IsraelWONE Global Partner · Israel
Karin Horev
Adv. Karin Horev has been practicing corporate and commercial law for more than 20 years, with a focus on complex technology-related matters. Over the years, Karin has led a large number of complex and wide-ranging tran…
Situations
Challenges your team meets
Each shows who faces it, a typical case, the decisions involved and who acts.
Tools
Save your team the legwork
- Compare marketsUp to three markets on the same 11 questions, with the source and check date in every cell. Free.
- Decision filesOne question researched across every market and area, with the Partner for each piece. Save it to My WONE.
- WatchtowerAlerts when the rules in these areas change in the countries you work in. Included in WONE Leader Intelligence, USD 995 a year.
- Fixed-fee reviewsA written review before you enter, hire, restructure or exit, quoted as a fixed fee before work starts.
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UNIONE™ · Disputes & Resolution
From the contract to the award, and beyond it.
In each market a WONE Global Partner leads Disputes & Resolution locally. UNIONE™ adds the institution: prevention before the dispute, assessment before proceedings, administered arbitration under Rules v4.0, and enforcement planning before the award.
- 334
- Fellows: arbitrators, mediators, experts and counsel
- 58
- countries where Fellows practise
- 41
- country briefs on seats, courts and enforcement
- v4.0
- Rules & Procedures, adopted April 2026
01 · Before signatureBefore You Sign™Get the dispute clause, governing law, seat, notices and escalation steps right while the contract can still change.Review the contract 02 · A dispute is emergingBefore You Arbitrate™Test the claim or the defence, the evidence, the exposure and the settlement options before committing to formal proceedings.Test the claim 03 · A binding decision is neededArbitrationStart, answer or run an administered arbitration under the UNIONE™ Rules, with procedure sized to the value, urgency and evidence.Open arbitration 04 · Before enforcementBefore You Enforce™Plan recognition, assets, jurisdiction and security, including State and State-owned parties, before committing to enforcement.Plan recovery
Every UNIONE™ service
Before You Sign™Contract Intelligence™Your dispute clause, governing law, seat and notices read the way a tribunal would, with a CIS™ score of 1 to 100.Before You Sign™Clause Health Check™A fast check of an existing clause before signature, renewal or a first sign of trouble.Before You Sign™DPC™Dispute prevention for long contracts: early warning, records and a standing neutral where the parties adopt one.Before You Arbitrate™Independent Assessment™Claim Viability™, Defence Exposure™, Evidence Gap Map™ and Settle or Proceed™, before money is committed to proceedings.Before You Arbitrate™Structured Resolution™Mediation, neutral evaluation and expert determination, run to a timetable.ArbitrationArbitrationAdministered cross-border arbitration with ordinary, expedited and emergency tracks.Before You Enforce™Enforceability Opinion™Whether an award or judgment will be recognised where the assets are, and what stands in the way.Before You Enforce™Jurisdiction Intelligence Reports™A focused brief on one jurisdiction, commissioned around a live decision.Before You Enforce™ERR™Enforcement Readiness Review: assets, recognition, security and sequencing, country by country.Before You Sign™Model clausesName UNIONE™ in a contract: standard and tailored arbitration and escalation clauses.
01ContractClause, governing law, seat, evidence and escalation.
02PreventDPC™, early warning and a standing neutral.
03AssessClaim, defence, evidence and exposure.
04ResolveMediation, evaluation and expert routes.
05ArbitrateAdministered arbitration, sized to the dispute.
06EnforceERR™, recognition, assets and recovery.
Fellows, by seniority
SF.UNIONE™Giorgio MondiniMilan, Italy · 57 yrsSF.UNIONE™James F GilbrideFlorida, United States · 55 yrsSF.UNIONE™Mark EntwistleCwmbran, United Kingdom · 55 yrsSF.UNIONE™Bernard CronGeneva, Switzerland · 51 yrs
Search all Fellows Every appointment follows the UNIONE™ Rules, independence and conflict checks. Being listed gives no right to appointments.
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™