Do You Have A Legal Problem Outside the United States?
I am attending the Spring Conference of Consulegis in the city of Funchal, on the beautiful island of Madeira, Portugal. Consulegis is one of of the world's largest professional networks of international law firms. Clients benefit by our ready access to 1,600 lawyers in 42 countries in 150 cities. My law firm has been a member for 10 years.
The specialist groups of Consulegis include: (1) cross-border litigation and arbitration, (2) intellectual property rights, (3) taxes, (4) debt collection, and, of course, (5) customs and international trade law, for which I am the Chair.
For those of you who enjoy using Facebook, Consulegis has a new page as of today! Click here to join. Our recent growth in law firm membership has been in Asia, especially China. While it can be challenging to find a dependable law firm in, for example, China, to assist a European or American company, the Consulegis network makes it easy.
Through regular attendance at Consulegis meetings over many years, strong and personal relationships with senior partners at member law firms around the world have already been developed, so it's not like just finding a law firm on the Internet or getting referred to a stranger. Some of my successes in cooperating with overseas law firms include registering and enforcing a trademark in China, knowing the anti-dumping laws in Mexico, arbitrating a case in Prague, and collecting on a judgment in Germany.
For any questions about solving legal problems around the world, or about Consulegis generally, feel free to contact me.
Peter Quinter, Partner in Charge, Customs and International Trade Department, Miami, USA
pquinter@becker-poliakoff.com or (954) 270-1864.
