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Long-form articles on preparing for travel, migration, work, transactions and property across borders. Each one is general information, written to help you organise a decision and ask better questions — not advice on a particular case.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
After signing: integration and continuing obligations to plan for
Signing is not the end of the work. Integration, reporting, governance, people and continuing obligations all need planning — ideally before completion. A practical guide to what to prepare and which questions to confirm with counsel.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
People in a transaction: when staff may need to relocate
Acquisitions and combinations often mean that some people need to work in another country, temporarily or for longer. How to identify who may need to move, why their right to work is a separate workstream, and how to time and communicate it.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Joint venture, acquisition or partnership: framing the decision
Entering a market or working with a foreign party can take several forms, from a commercial partnership to a full acquisition. A business-level framework for comparing them on control, capital, risk, people and how easily each can be unwound.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Questions to ask your lawyers and tax advisers before structuring a deal
How a transaction is structured is a question for qualified lawyers and tax advisers in every jurisdiction involved. A question list to bring to them — about share and asset approaches, consequences in each place, approvals, people, and future flexibility.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Keeping parallel workstreams aligned across jurisdictions
Legal, financial, tax, commercial and people workstreams run at the same time and depend on each other. Practical ways to map dependencies, keep one issues list and one question log, handle language and time zones, and make decisions at the right moment.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Preparing for due diligence: organising company information
Due diligence goes more smoothly when the business has already gathered its own information. How to build a single index of corporate, commercial, financial and people records, keep versions under control and decide what can be shared, and when.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Who does what in a cross-border deal: mapping the specialists
A cross-border transaction draws on lawyers, tax advisers, accountants, valuation and technical specialists — often in more than one country. What each role covers, where the gaps between them appear, and what coordination can and cannot do.
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Defining the transaction objective before engaging advisers
Buying, selling, combining, partnering and reorganising are different transactions with different work behind them. Why a written objective comes first, and how it shapes scope, structure and the advisers you need.
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Temporary Work
Timing a temporary work move: coordinating employer and personal preparation
When can you start? The honest answer depends on the employer's steps, official processes and your own preparation. Treating the move as a set of dependencies rather than a date — and holding back irreversible commitments — makes the timing far easier to manage.
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Temporary Work
Employment, registration and tax abroad: what to ask before you start
Permission to work is only one part of working abroad. Before you start, there are questions about local registration, payroll, your tax position at home, social insurance and managing money in two places — and each has a right person to answer it.
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Temporary Work
Bringing family on a temporary move: planning questions
For anyone with a partner or children, a temporary role abroad is a household decision. Start by confirming whether family may accompany you on the route, then work through a partner's work, schooling, housing, health and whether to move in stages.
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Temporary Work
Recognising recruitment scams and unlicensed intermediaries
Fraudulent job offers and fake recruiters rely on a small set of tactics: promises nobody can make, requests for money up front, vague employers and pressure to act fast. Knowing the warning signs — and how to check an offer independently — protects your money and your documents.
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