Due to increasing globalisation, many clients are seeking not only professional legal advice in their own country but also cross-border. Our expert International Team acts for foreign companies with a presence in the UK or wanting to do deals in the UK as well as UK businesses seeking assistance with disputes or transactions involving other jurisdictions. We also offer services to UK residents who need help with working or investing abroad, and foreign nationals working or investing in the UK.

Recent instructions have included:

• Advising on a contract worth over seven million Euros to supply ventilation fans for the Marmaray tunnel rail project in Turkey, that will connnect Europe and Asia by crossing the Istanbul strait.
• Initial advice relating to the termination of an agency agreement with a Spanish agent.
• Advising on the estate of a high net worth individual with assets in Mauritius, South Africa, Jersey and the UK.

Members of our International Team have also advised on matters including the following:

• The setting up of a new plant in England by a French multinational company 
• A dispute with a company in Morocco, including instructing a Moroccan law firm 
• Advising a client from the United Arab Emirates on a construction contract worth over £6million
• Advising an English-based company on disputes with commercial agents located in Belgium and Ireland
• Obtaining judgment against a Spanish company and arranging proceedings in Spain to enforce payment
• Obtaining expert advice on English Maritime Law for a Hong Kong company that was pursuing an action through the Chinese courts 
• Dealing with probate assets in many different jurisdictions.

Essex is a prime location for international businesses and Birkett Long is ideally located for all business needs of international clients with an interest in expanding or working in this area.

Our International Team comprises multi-discipline lawyers who have experience working in international practices including law firms based in Hong Kong and Germany. Having worked and lived in foreign cultures, our team is able to offer an understanding and experienced approach to the needs of clients and their business partners.

Main Services

• Solicitors fluent in numerous languages, including French, German, Italian and Welsh in various legal disciplines.
• Cross border intellectual property, licensing, distribution and agency
• International trade – terms and conditions and whose laws apply
• Notary services
• Enforcement of foreign judgments in the UK and enforcement of judgments abroad
• Business immigration
• Strong relationships with international law firms and other professional firms to guide clients based in the UK to relevant advisors abroad
• Cross-border estates