Opportunities and Difficulties
Advise on the economic viability of establishing a foothold in a foreign country should begin by studying the local market of the host country.This step can be undertaken by visiting the Ministry of Trade or the Department of Trade in the state where the corporation is resident.
More serious inquiry should involve visiting the host country where business is contemplated.Such a visit is essential for the company in order separate facts from fiction, and at the same time get to know the nature of the market and the character of society in which the company to operate.
The company normally relies on the services of lawyers who would normally undertake the routine registration procedures which are constantly changing- the nature of this work and the lack of proper couching all resulted in poor performance.
Western Law Firms has establishes branches and subsidiaries in several Arab Countries which have added to the cost and the lowering of the standards in their performances.In some cases they have employed local lawyers to do the work for them(And the majority of those employed are not the top notch of their profession because of the relatively low salaries paid to them)
In other cases they have associated with local firms to do the bidding for them.In the majority of cases the ethical western law firms had discovered the shallow standards of their associates without being able to remedy the situation
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