Service Areas

The following are examples of typical questions raising Cross border legal issues:

 

-Do your foreign distributorship and agency agreements comply with the laws of the countries of both parties?

 

- Are your intellectual property rights fully protected against abuse in all relevant countries particularly in the EU where freedom to trade is now a reality?
 
-If you have a branch or representative office in Europe, or elsewhere overseas do you fully comply with local labour regulations?

 

- Could EU competition law, or an individual country's interpretation of it, affect your trading relationships?

 

- Have you considered the effect of the EU Unfair Contract Terms Directive and local regulations on your standard terms?

 

Practice Areas

The close multidisciplinary relationships that ABL has developed over the years enables it to offer a variety of services which places ABL well ahead of many other international or large law firms. The scope of ABL's services covers all business-related legal matters both nationally and internationally. In addition the know-how of tax, accounting and other business consultants with whom we liaise regularly and closely can be sourced worldwide if necessary.

 

Tax services - If an ABL member does not already have an established relationship with an accountant or tax advisor, those services are available by contacting INTEGRA INTERNATIONAL®– our global sister network of accounting firms and tax consultants with a similar philosophy and clientele as most ABL firms. For more details visit their web site: www.integra-international.com