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Markets

60 markets covered in depth.

Sourced guides to doing business in each market, and the status of every service there. Partners are in place in 35 markets so far.

All markets→Where we work: 100 countries→By region→Compare markets→Find your market→
Lead markets
United Arab EmiratesIndiaSaudi ArabiaSingaporeUnited KingdomUnited States
Australia & New Zealand
AustraliaNew Zealand
Central & Eastern Europe
Czech RepublicHungaryPoland
South Asia
BangladeshIndia
Wider Middle East
IsraelTürkiye
Services

18 specialist services, grouped by business need.

One WONE Global Partner for each service in each market. Start from what you need to do, or go straight to a service.

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What you need to do
Entering another marketOperating internationallySelling and exporting across bordersBuying and importing across bordersInvesting across bordersGrowing internationallyMoving money across bordersManaging people across bordersChanging international structureProtecting the international businessDealing with cross-border problemsExiting, closing or divestingIt has just happened: urgent cross-border problemsProtecting ideas, brands and contentInvesting, raising and protecting capitalSport: athletes, clubs, agents and eventsEntertainment, media and creatorsFamily, succession and inheritancePrivate wealth, residence and relocationProperty and real estate across bordersDisputes, fraud and asset recoveryRegulators, investigations and compliance pressureTechnology, data and reputation
Industries

The rules and risks of your industry, across borders.

Licences, value chains and the questions businesses in each industry ask first, with the services that usually apply.

All industries→By business situation→For your team→Legal teams→CFO and finance→Head of Tax→Compliance and risk→Corporate development and M&A→HR and mobility→Procurement→CEO and strategy→Investment and fund teams→Family offices and private capital→Founders and expansion→
Industries we serve
Manufacturing & IndustrialTechnology & DigitalFinancial ServicesEnergy & InfrastructureReal Estate & ConstructionConsumer & RetailLife Sciences & HealthcareTransport, Trade & LogisticsPrivate Capital & Family BusinessProfessional & Business Services
Ask about your industry

Licences, approvals and first steps.

Ask WONE Global what applies to your industry in a market, with the sources shown.

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Corridors

Business between two markets.

What one country changes for the other, worked journeys step by step, and who handles each side.

All corridors→Compare markets→
Corridors we are building first
India ↔ United Arab Emirates A regional hub in the UAEIndia ↔ Saudi Arabia A Saudi entity for government workUAE ↔ United Kingdom A UK subsidiary
24 corridors
India ↔ United Arab EmiratesIndia ↔ Saudi ArabiaChina ↔ Southeast AsiaUnited Kingdom ↔ GCCGermany ↔ GCCUnited States ↔ MexicoUnited States ↔ Latin AmericaEurope ↔ AfricaJapan ↔ Southeast AsiaSingapore ↔ IndiaGCC ↔ AfricaChina ↔ AfricaChina ↔ GCCIndia ↔ AfricaEurope ↔ IndiaNordics ↔ GCCSouth Korea ↔ GCCUnited States ↔ BrazilUnited States ↔ Caribbean & Central AmericaAustralia ↔ Southeast AsiaUAE ↔ EuropeUAE ↔ United KingdomSaudi Arabia ↔ United StatesIndia ↔ United States
People & firms

The WONE Global Partners in each market.

Named senior professionals, each admitted as the one firm for a service in their country, and the firms they lead.

All WONE Global Partners→Partner firms→Where Partners are in place→How Partners are admitted→
Partners
Peter S. JohnsonCanadaMarco Antonio Bernal MunguiaMexicoModester kesiCameroonDr. Diego A. AdamArgentinaLydie N. MurorunkwereRwandaAbdulrahim bin Saleh Al-ZahraniSaudi ArabiaDimitrios KatsarosAustraliaUlrike Berner, MBAGermanyDr. Mohamed Fawzi KurdEbrahim Asvat K.PanamaSandeep GuptaIndiaGittel AyukCameroon
For professional firms

Lead your service in your market.

One Partner per service, per jurisdiction, admitted by review against published criteria.

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Insights

Sourced answers on doing business across borders.

Every statement is labelled: source-checked, professionally reviewed or not yet checked, with its source and date where checked.

Knowledge
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Tools
Change alerts→Compare markets→Saved briefs→Action plans→Matter rooms→Team builder→Company map→Enterprise→Plans and pricing→
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Answers come from statements checked against official sources, with the sources shown. Research, not advice.

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A world of expertise. One international vision.

Accomplished regional specialists and international cross-border intelligence, across 100 countries, with one contact and one published Standard.

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Situations · Common situations · Risk, disputes & investigations

Sanctions, AML, security & terrorism-related risk

Sanctions screening, anti-money-laundering controls, asset freezes and high-risk payments. Usually for: banks, enterprises, ngos, asset owners.

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If it is urgent. If anyone is in immediate danger, call the local emergency services first. If you have been arrested, raided, served with a court order or told you face removal from a country, speak to a qualified lawyer in that country straight away. WONE Global can then help bring in and coordinate the other professionals involved, subject to their availability.

16 common situations · 3 usually cross-border

Find the one closest to yours

Where a situation has its own page, it opens there. Otherwise, bring it to WONE Global with your question already filled in.

  1. A bank has flagged a payment linked to a sanctioned person Full situation page →
  2. Our international customer may be controlled by a sanctioned entity Usually cross-border Full situation page →
  3. We need a sanctions exposure review before an acquisition Bring this to WONE Global →
  4. A nonprofit's international transfers have been blocked Usually cross-border Full situation page →
  5. An NGO is questioned about counter-terrorist financing controls Bring this to WONE Global →
  6. We need to investigate a potential terrorist-financing red flag Urgent Bring this to WONE Global →
  7. A company faces a government asset-freeze order Urgent Bring this to WONE Global →
  8. Our business partner has appeared on a restricted-party list Full situation page →
  9. A regulator requests a review of anti-money-laundering controls Full situation page →
  10. We need enhanced due diligence on a politically exposed person Bring this to WONE Global →
  11. A shipping route crosses jurisdictions with conflicting sanctions rules Bring this to WONE Global →
  12. A business needs a lawful response to a suspected illicit-finance incident Urgent Bring this to WONE Global →
  13. Security threats are affecting overseas staff and operations Usually cross-border Bring this to WONE Global →
  14. An investor needs assessment of national-security screening risks Bring this to WONE Global →
  15. A compliance team needs controls for high-risk humanitarian payments Bring this to WONE Global →
  16. A company is reviewing kidnapping, extortion and crisis response arrangements Bring this to WONE Global →

First questions

What we will ask first

  1. 01Which person, entity or payment is flagged, and by whom?
  2. 02Which sanctions regimes may apply?
  3. 03Has anything been paid or shipped?
  4. 04What do banks or regulators require now?

The approach

How WONE Global usually approaches it

  1. Step 1Stop and assess before further transactions.
  2. Step 2Bring in sanctions and compliance counsel for each regime.
  3. Step 3Respond to banks and authorities, or seek licences.
  4. Step 4Strengthen screening and controls.

What is needed varies by country and by matter. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees before anything starts.

Across borders

Complications to check

Issues to assess when more than one country is involved. They are prompts, not conclusions about any country's law.

  • Ultimate beneficial ownershipLayered ownership complicates identifying the persons behind a counterparty
  • Sanctions conflictsParties are subject to differing sanctions and licensing regimes
  • Public procurement integrityGovernment tender rules and anti-corruption rules may apply across parties
  • Foreign investment controlsA proposed ownership change may require sector or national security clearance
  • Merger control timingA proposed transaction may need clearance in multiple markets

In depth

Situations with a full page

What is at stake, a worked scenario and how WONE Global handles it.

Are our sanctions and anti-money-laundering controls good enough?Are we exposed to sanctions through a customer, supplier or route?Our bank has frozen an international payment. What can we do?

Services

The services usually involved

  1. Usually leadsAnti-bribery, sanctions and compliance3 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedLicences, permits and regulators1 market with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedBanking and capitalArranged on request→

WONE Global Partners

Professionals who handle this work

Named professionals for these services. Where none is listed for your country, WONE Global names a vetted firm to you before any work starts, subject to availability and conflict checks.

Kelvin A. EgbeYaoundé · Cameroon

WONE Global Capability Partner · Cameroon

Kelvin A. Egbe

Managing Partner · Midas Law Group · Yaoundé

Attorney specialized in structuring, licensing, control, project permitting, patents, trademarks & Designs registration, venture financing, trade finance, regulatory intelligence & compliance, Financial markets, natural…

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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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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…

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Editorial examples of situations that arise, not a list of WONE Global clients or matters. The specialist area is a way to find your situation, not a separate practice group.

WONE Global Intelligence

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Ask in your own words. Answers come from WONE Global's checked records, with every source shown, and end with the named Partner who can act. Go deeper on any point, or build a decision file.

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