On Wednesday April 29, at 4PM Dublin/Belfast time, two of my partners will be presenting a free 90-minute webinar (registration required, though) on government contracts and civil litigation in the US. The U.S. government is the single largest customer in the world and it often contracts with foreign-owned companies. But, capitalizing on federal government contracting opportunities can be confusing because of a myriad of unique statues and regulations governing these contracts. Foreign companies that do business in the US – whether selling to the federal government or to other commercial entities – often struggle with an unfamiliar legal system when disputes arise. Visit here to register. It will be a great program!
Author: Mike Burke
Effectively Using a Lightning Rod
It’s been a while…my apologies! Waiting at an airport on a winter weather delay has me thinking of all the times I’ve been delayed because of summer weather like…lightning storms. It also gave me a chance to talk to a non-US company client about doing business here, and their structuring options; which also relates to my earlier post about when a company is deemed to be doing business here, for jurisdictional purposes.
Learning, Knowing, and Living Incoterms (Or, How Fast Times at Ridgemont High Can Help Your Export Strategy)
In a prior post, I revealed that I am a child of the 1980s. This post will start with a quote from the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High: “Learn it. Know it. Live it.”
While the context of that quote was the Brad Hamilton character (Judge Reinhold) trying to get the Jeff Spicoli character (Sean Penn) to wear a shirt and shoes in a fast-food establishment, this post will focus on the terms of trade and that Irish/Northern Irish companies need to learn, know, and live: Incoterms. This is probably the first time, anywhere, that Incoterms and Fast Times at Ridgemont High have been linked, but I digress.
Irish Export Insights 