Resources for startups building their global businesses
Our resources below guide through common issues faced during company formation, provide insights into safeguarding intellectual property assets, emphasize the essentials of sound corporate practices, and delve into considerations surrounding employment, equity compensation, fundraising, and liquidity. Our global presence uniquely positions us to provide resources supporting global expansion, catering even to companies in their earliest stages.
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Prepared by DLA Piper's experts in the field, this guide gives you an overview of directors' duties in 52 jurisdictions around the world, answering questions about the key duties, obligations and potential liabilities faced by directors in each jurisdiction. The guide also enables you to compare several jurisdictions easily and quickly.
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Our Global Trademark Guide has been prepared by DLA Piper’s team of trademark lawyers around the world to address some of the challenges faced by practitioners managing global brand protection. The Guide enables users to compare trademark practice and procedure around the world by selecting from a drop-down menu the topics and jurisdictions of interest.
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DLA Piper's Guide to Going Global series is designed to help companies meet the challenges of global expansion. The series reviews business-relevant corporate, employment, equity, intellectual property and technology, and tax laws in key jurisdictions around the world.
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Global Contract Laws is our online handbook covering multiple jurisdictions, designed to provide an easily accessible, online comparative reference guide on a number of business critical Commercial and Contract Law topics.
It provides users with summary answers on day-to-day contract law questions that international businesses face when trading in international jurisdictions.
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Our guide provides an overview of the key privacy and data protection laws and regulations globally. Compare data protection laws around the world here.
Access employment, labour and pensions law guides covering a wide range of topics for 60+ countries across Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Americas. View single country reports or compare topics across two or more countries. Subscribers can choose from our list of 60+ countries.
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Concerns over responsible AI have risen sharply alongside AI adoption, and global policymakers are rapidly formalizing AI rules to mitigate societal, technical and commercial challenges. Realizing the transformational potential of AI means distinguishing genuine matters of concern from ‘phantom’ risks, and enabling continued progress with appropriate legal frameworks, compliance protocols and ethical guardrails.
Our report cuts through AI hype and hysteria to offer a practical perspective on AI governance, strategies, challenges and risks. These insights are based on original research among 600 leaders in a wide range of organizations across the globe. We asked about what they’re already doing in relation to AI, what they’re planning to do and what concerns remain to be addressed.
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