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Regardless of your company's line of business, you will have to negotiate IP agreements. We will send you home with the legal skills you need to know when negotiating your IP contracts. The program will include substance and strategy for both buyers and sellers. Learn to negotiate a broad range of legal agreements from both sides of the table including licensing, service, technology service, and much more.

Entering into a joint venture with a company outside of the U.S. is one way to expand distribution of your company's products. The legal requirements of joint ventures can be tricky anywhere, and unexpected rules may apply in the international arena. This session will cover the pitfalls of doing business via a joint venture in other countries including how to test the waters before committing, and forming strategic business alliances. Our panelists will provide a review of legal aspects of tax issues, internal pricing methodologies, and permanent establishment criteria.

So your company wants to branch out and start selling its products outside of the U.S. As legal counsel for your company, you must advise your client on the best way to move forward and the laws and regulations which may apply. Don't know the first thing about where to start? Then, be sure to attend this session where you will receive an overview of legal and regulatory issues and the common pitfalls you could encounter. We'll send you home with a checklist of solutions to use when the time comes to start licensing your technology outside of the U.S.

Our panel of expert in-house counsel will provide a sound introduction to the methodologies for doing business in Mexico, Latin, and South America. The panel includes counsel who represent companies that regularly do business in these regions. Included in their presentation will be ideas for establishing a foothold, cultural considerations, advantages to the locations, and general contracting provisions, sending you home with a solid checklist of steps to follow to make inroads into the regions.

Whether your company has lawyers outside the U.S. or not, there will come a time when you may need to deal with litigation, government investigations, commercial claims, or employment matters in another country. What are the best practices you should employ when working with outside counsel or your own legal staff outside of the U.S.? Our legal managers will share their lessons learned from the trenches and send you home with practical approaches to dealing with international legal issues.

Want to get into the government contracting business but don't know how? Our contracting experts will give you all the law you need to fill your personal toolbox.

Presented for ACC Europe. This material contains program slides regarding compliance with EU employment law. There are also charts that compare differing country rules regarding business transactions, collective dismissals, and the comparative difficulty of regulatory compliance.

Overseeing a multinational legal department can present many challenges. Join with your legal peers as they examine and explain various management models including centralized vs. decentralized, matrix and others, reporting lines, control and consistency issues, and use of external lawyers among other relevant subtopics.

Conducting commercial business involves a multitude of risks, and rendering in-house services as a legal professional involves responsibility for decisions that affect the risk profile of your company. This session will examine significant areas of direct corporate risk: regulatory, product/service performance, compliance, reputation and financial, among others, as well as mechanisms for effectively managing such risks.

Compliance with multijurisdictional laws and regulations and observance of industry codes of conduct can be quite challenging in today's global economy. Our panel will discuss the practical aspects of developing a corporate code of conduct, dealing with the challenges of different regional norms of doing business and cultural differences, effective training and communication, and preserving your good corporate name and reputation.

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