International

In an increasingly connected world, businesses of all sizes operate across borders. In addition to our UK offices, including an International HQ in London, we have specialist expertise and collaborative relationships in Australia, Europe, India, the Middle East and North America.

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Key contact

Claire Holford

If you’re doing business with anyone outside the UK, I’m the person to speak with to make it happen easily and reduce the risk for your business. As a dual-qualified solicitor I have years of experience of working across-borders to help clients do business effectively and look after their personal interests. Get in touch with me or members of the International team, to discuss how we can help you.

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Our international experience

From commercial agreements to navigating complicated employment and immigration law, we pride ourselves on our practical and commercial approach. We handle a range of international issues for businesses of all kinds, involving real estate, restructuring and insolvency, employment and staff migration, intellectual property and dispute resolution.

We also work with private members of the international community who have legal issues in the UK. We have a reputation for being open and honest about any potential risk involved – and for helping you achieve an effective resolution.

Our team includes lawyers qualified to practice in multiple countries around the world, including Australia, the US, Canada and India.

A world of international expertise

Our relationships with the people and institutions that might affect you are tried and tested worldwide. Our legal, commercial and government connections within those areas are extensive – we work with individuals that we’ve known personally for years.

Beyond our regions of specialist expertise, we are a member of LawExchange International, which means we have access to the expertise of 37 independent law firms across five continents and 31 countries.

Who we work with internationally

We’ve helped all sorts of companies to get established around the world, from recruitment companies and publishing businesses to large international corporations and household-name sports brands. For organisations looking to expand their scope outside the UK, we’ve assisted everyone from helmet manufacturers to the University of Gloucestershire.

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Australia

Whether you’re thinking of expanding your business to Australia or relocating, you’ll need specialist advice from people that know the market. Our Australian practice helps clients invest in Australia, navigate visa options, create business structures, understand foreign investment regulations, run their companies and register in different states as needed. We also help individuals manage their personal wealth.

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Europe

Our network of contacts across Europe allows us to reduce risk and ensure clients with business interests in the region can achieve their objectives. We go beyond legal advice, using our collaborative relationships and experience to ensure clients are supported and advised in a timely, cost-effective and expert manner.

We can help you across Europe, but we have specialist expertise and key relationships with firms in Ireland, Spain, Norway and Southern Europe. We can also help with your work in Scotland.

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European collaboration: expanding our Spanish expertise

Our collaboration with Spanish firm Tribeca is founded on a longstanding relationship, having worked together successfully – particularly with tech sector businesses – and having supported clients with international M&A and employment matters over several years.

The collaboration gives Tribeca’s clients access to our full-service UK offering, and HCR’s clients access to Tribeca’s expertise and experience in Spain. Similarly, Tribeca now have a presence within our international HQ in London. The collaboration means we’re able to support more UK businesses wanting to expand or do business in Spain, and also private individuals buying property or investing.

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India

In India, our collaboration with the Mumbai-based India Law Alliance (ILA) enables us to provide the advice our clients in the UK-Indian corridor need. The depth and breadth of our advice includes representation of clients in the lower courts right up to the Apex Court, and managing inbound Indian investments.

Our lawyers and those in the ILA share experience and skills which benefit the clients of both firms, enabling us to provide comprehensive advice on transactions across both jurisdictions – meaning clients enjoy the same level of service in their Indian business as they do in the UK.

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Middle East

Our contacts in the GCC and the wider Arabian Gulf, allows us to call on lawyers from different firms depending on the skillset our clients need, whether in corporate law, media law, employment law or other specialisms.

Raj Pahuja, who leads our Middle East practice, qualified in New York in 2000 and England in 2002, and has significant experience in the Gulf Cooperation Council (“GCC”) countries, having lived and worked in both the UAE and Bahrain for over 12 years. A trusted advisor to international companies looking to enter the region, he has a broad client base and can help with all sorts of business matters and help individuals maximise their wealth.

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North America

Our North America practice is commercially active, with significant, long-standing clients. We have worked with clients on US-related projects for two decades. In 2016 we began to formalise our North America network, centering on Boston. Since then, we have worked with many British companies who want to establish themselves in the US or Canada or have legal issues in North America which need resolving.

We have a substantial network in Boston, calling on lawyers from different firms depending on the skillset our clients require – from corporate law to employment, media and other specialisms. We take great care to find the right lawyer for the job, whether for high-end capital markets work worth billions or simply to make sure your will is in place.

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Read our latest international newsletters

World View

In our global newsletter we discuss issues which can involve complex legal intricacies and how to properly navigate the different regulations that are unique to each country.

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UK View

A look at legislative and regulatory updates from across the globe that may affect your business in the UK if you operate in or trade across borders.

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Hear what our clients say about us

HCR has become our go-to law firm for TV and media work. We recently needed a production arrangement with a multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate. We had issues across the UK and EU; the arrangements are complicated but Raj Pahuja found ways to simplify the process and then isolate key issues for negotiation.

 

Go-to law firm for TV and media work

The relationship with us goes back a long way, and the service HCR provides in the more ‘traditional’ areas such as employment and education remains first-rate. But what has been especially pleasing is the way that, as our ambitions and vision have broadened, so too has HCR’s ability to support us on our journey. Of course I’m thinking in particular about our international plans and discussions – it’s no exaggeration to say that we couldn’t have come as far as we have without your tremendous support, expertise and sage advice. Thanks.

 

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