MEMBER EVENT: Legal Issues with a Latin Flair

Join NAITA, Ambassador Sponsor Baker Donelson, TechRich, and the Export Alabama Alliance for a comprehensive seminar covering Legal Issues with a Latin Flair. This program is part of a comprehensive series of international trade training programs to advance international business skills for North Alabama companies. The 2016 series focuses on the Go South initiative of the U.S. Department of Commerce and promotes participation in and preparation for the Alabama Trade Mission to Mexico and Chile in September.

Michael Johnson, John Scannapieco, and Doreen Edelman, attorneys from Baker Donelson, will discuss legal issues related to planning for international activities, with the focus on those issues most important to benefit companies that are interested in growing their market in Latin America.

Topics include:

• agent/distributorship agreements
• local laws that override contract terms
• overview of tax considerations
• the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
• protecting intellectual property abroad
• applicable Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)