The 16th edition of the PLC Cross-border Doing Business in… Handbook provides country-by-country Q&A overviews of the legal system and key laws for foreign companies doing business in 58 jurisdictions worldwide. In particular, the chapters examine the rules governing:
Foreign investment.
Business vehicles.
Employment.
Tax.
Competition.
Intellectual property.
Marketing agreements.
E-commerce.
Data protection.
Product liability.
The Q&A format provides in-house counsel doing business in a jurisdiction other than their own with easy-access summaries of the principal legal issues they are likely to encounter.
The PLC Cross-border Doing Business in… Handbook forms part of the PLC Cross-border Handbooks series, which consists of detailed multi-jurisdictional Handbooks, updated annually, with in-depth analysis of the law and regulation in key areas.
Other Handbooks in the series include: Capital Markets, Competition Volume 1, Competition Volume 2: Leniency, Construction and Projects, Corporate Governance and Directors' Duties and Liabilities, Corporate Real Estate, Data Protection, Dispute Resolution Volume 1, Dispute Resolution Volume 2: Arbitration, Environment, Finance, IP in Business Transactions, Insurance and Reinsurance, Investment Funds, Labour and Employee Benefits Volume 1, Labour and Employee Benefits Volume 2: Employee Share Plans, Life Sciences, Media and Communications, Mergers and Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Private Client, Private Equity, Restructuring and Insolvency, Structured Finance and Securitisation and Tax on Transactions.
The Handbooks are available online as part of PLC Cross-border. This is a unique online service which provides know-how and market intelligence for in-house counsel and private practitioners operating across borders. The service includes practice guidance notes, standard documents and checklists, as well as the online archive of PLC Cross-border Quarterly, featuring comparative regulatory and transaction guides, and law firm management reviews. For more information, visit www.practicallaw.com/crossborder.
This Handbook has been co-published with the contributors. We would like to thank all the firms involved for the excellence of their contributions and their attention to deadlines. If you wish to contact any contributor, full details are set out at the end of each chapter.