The Global Reach You Need From the Local Firm You Trust

Globalaw in numbers

100+

independent law firms

4500

lawyers

85

countries

165

cities

Why Globalaw?

Globalaw seamlessly addresses and meets global client needs thanks to a personal and collaborative relationship among selected and high quality firms throughout the world.

Vision: Globalaw aims to be recognized as a leading global network for providing its clients excellent, personalized legal services.

Mission: To provide an effective platform to seamlessly address and meet global client needs thanks to a personal and collaborative relationship among selected and high quality firms throughout the world.

As one of the top 10 leading law firm networks in the world, Globalaw and its members pride themselves on being able to seamlessly address and meet global client needs.

With over 100 independent law firms and approximately 4,500 lawyers from over 90 countries, spanning every continent on the globe, it is not a bold statement to say that Globalaw is the go-to network for businesses seeking to do business globally.

Latest news

January 6, 2020

Italian Supreme Court and dividends from Germany

Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione) rendered three decisions (29635-30140-30347) in 2019 concerning Italy / Germany Tax Treaty. In all these decisions Supreme Court stated that Tax Treaty provisions have (...)
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December 6, 2019

Action is urgently needed

A recent law (legislative decree 14/2019) modified art. 2477 cc. In consequene of this change there an expansion of the range of limited liability companies (s.r.l.) required to appoint the (...)
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November 11, 2019

Banks and Bitcoin – More Use, More Risk

Jay Gomez, senior associate in the financial services team at Gibraltar-based law firm Triay & Triay and a Globabalaw member says that internal auditors need to be aware that there (...)
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Discover our success stories

  • Dispute resolution

    International Discovery – USA (Texas) and Taiwan

    A client of our USA (Texas) member (Jackson Walker) was engaged in litigation in the US and needed to obtain documents and other information held by two Taiwan companies. Jackson Walker turned to Taiwan member (Shay & Partners) to assist in obtaining discovery against the Taiwanese companies by way of letters rogatory issued by the US court requesting international judicial assistance. With Shay & Partners' help, the letters rogatory were prepared and transmitted through the proper diplomatic channels to the Taiwanese district courts with jurisdiction over the target companies.

  • Employment/Labour

    The Power of Globalaw - 10 member firms respond to legal inquiry from Japan

    A large multi-national Japanese client of our Japanese member (Chuo Sogo Law Office), contacted it with a narrowly-defined question of employment/labour law affecting a proposed global re-organisation of its subsidiaries in the following 10 jurisdictions: USA (California, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Texas), France, Germany, Hong Kong, South Korea, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The firm sent a request to 10 Globalaw member firms in the respective jurisdictions on 29 January and collected all 10 responses by 1 February: three days later.

  • Immigration

    Assistance Attaining Visas - Global

    Globalaw firms are often called upon to assist with visa enquiries. As an example when a U.S. employee of a client of our USA member in Texas (Jackson Walker) was injured in Bosnia and transferred to Germany, our German member firm was immediately contacted for assistance and obtained the required visa.

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2020 Member Events

European Regional Meeting March 26-28

Globalaw’s European Regional Meeting will take place in Marrakesh, Morocco.

Asia Pacific Regional Meeting May 7-9

Globalaw’s Asia Pacific Regional Meeting will take place in Bejing, China. More details will be coming soon.

  Americas Regional Meeting June 4-6

   Globalaw’s Asia Pacific Regional Meeting will take place in Miami, Florida. More details will be coming soon.

Globalaw’s Annual Members Meeting October 14-17

This year Globalaw’s Annual Members Meeting will take place in Boston, Massachusetts. Please save the date for this annual conference and stay tuned for more information in the next couple of months.