The Globalization Playbook

In the first episode of series 2 of The Globalization Playbook, Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by Osborne Clarke Germany Partners Nanni Spitzer, Rouven Siegemund and Felix Hilgert to discuss doing business in Germany. As well as providing an insight into the business environment in Germany, this episode explores how fast growing US businesses have achieved success with their German operations.

In this episode of The Globalization Playbook, Chris Wrigley, co-chair of Osborne Clarke's Global Compliance team joins Tim and William to discuss how US companies should tackle regulatory compliance outside of the US. Chris discusses best practices for global compliance, and how to ensure a strong compliance culture is developed as the business rapidly expands.

In the latest episode of the Globalization Playbook, Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by advertising law specialists Ben Dunham to discuss how US companies can effectively and compliantly advertise and market their products and services in international markets. Ben discusses best practices for go-to-market strategies in overseas markets, how to deal with a broad range of advertising regulations, avoid misleading claims and regulatory enforcement and how to run compliant email and social media marketing campaigns.

In the latest episode of the Globalization Playbook, Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by commercial law specialists Cathy Han and Simon Downes to discuss how US based businesses should approach sales and contracts with European based customers. Cathy and Simon talk about localizing terms of business, the European approach to consumer protection and European cookie laws for websites.

This week's episode of The Globalization Playbook focuses on how US based businesses should tackle data privacy in Europe. Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by data privacy experts Emily Jones (Partner and Head of San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices) and Tobias Rothkegel (Senior Associate, Germany) to discuss how to deal with data privacy and the GDPR as you launch and grow a footprint in Europe.

Jonathan Mills, an Associate Director in our London Real Estate team, who recently was seconded to our New York office, joins Tim Rezendes and William Devenish to discuss how US businesses can address their international real estate needs as they expand.

In this episode of The Globalization Playbook, Michael Carter, head of Osborne Clarke’s Incentives team, joins Tim Rezendes and William Devenish to discuss how to offer stock to your non-US based employees. In the episode Michael covers off the difference in offering stock outside of the US and some of the considerations businesses should make when offering stock to non-US based employees.

Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by UK IP specialist Hannah McCarthy based in Osborne Clarke's Bristol office. They focus on IP strategies for fast-growth companies looking to protect and exploit their intellectual property beyond domestic markets from trademarks, copyrighted works and patents. They discuss international registrations, protecting the brand globally and defending IP as the business continues to expand.

Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by UK tax lawyer Luolan Dong in Osborne Clarke’s London office. They discuss the basic tax considerations for companies starting their international expansion journey from initial corporate structuring to payroll and income tax to VAT registrations and intercompany arrangements focusing on how companies can lay a strong structural foundation for future growth.

Tim Rezendes and William Devenish are joined by UK corporate lawyer Caroline Drummond based in Osborne Clarke’s Silicon Valley office and Spanish corporate lawyer Marta Lao based in Osborne Clarke's Barcelona office. They discuss best practices for cross-border transactions focusing on utilizing M&A as a market entry strategy to quickly scale in a new region.