Workshop on the optimal structuring of your US market entry
- Planning and structuring the market entry
- Founding a company in the USA/administration
- Legal aspects / liability / contracts
- Location planning / logistics / supply chain
- Taxes in the USA
- Visa / employee secondment / HR & payroll
- Q&A / Best practice examples
Successful and safe start in the USA
Topics of the workshop
Founding a company in the USA
- Do I need a US company for my US business?
- Advantages of a US company
- Overview of different legal forms
- In which state should I incorporate?
- Start-up process and practical tips
Legal aspects
- Product liability and compliance
- Contract law and terms and conditions
- Liability of directors and officers
- Recourse to associates
- Trademark law
- Labor law
Taxes
- Overview of legal forms and their tax implications
- Sales tax in the USA
- Distribution of profits to Germany
- Transfer Pricing
US-Visa, HR & Payroll
- Overview of different types of visas
- Prerequisite for the application & procedure
- Employment of US employees
- Non-wage labor costs in the USA/Employee Benefits
Investment planning and implementation: Successful location planning in the USA
- Supply chain and logistics consulting
- Procedure for site search and site selection
- Planning, implementation and optimization of production and distribution sites
- Optimization of the degree of automation
- General Contractor process model
Strategic market development
- In the global power play: The race for growth, technology and power between the USA, Europe and China
- Markets in focus: Key sectors for investments in the USA
- Success factors for a sustainable market presence: from sales strategies and customer access to supply chain and location selection
- Benefiting from subsidies: Maximizing government incentives in the U.S. (IRA, IIJA, Chips and Science Act)
Manny Schoenhuber
Jackson Walker LLP
Manny Schoenhuber is an attorney in the international law practice group at Jackson Walker, LLP. As a native of …
Florian Schweinle
ALTON GmbH
Florian Schweinle has been working as a consultant at ALTON since 2018. After completing his studies at the LMU Munich in 2011, he initially …
Jan Zeren
Rödl & Partner
Jan Zeren is a German tax consultant and manager at the international law firm Rödl & Partner. He originally comes from …
Rupert Höcherl
io-Consultants LP
Rupert Höcherl has more than 15 years of experience in supply chain management. With his focus on …
Roland Bopp
EAC International Consultants
Roland Bopp is President of EAC International Consulting in the USA and an experienced expert in strategic management …
Anna Ahlborn
EAC International Consulting
Anna Ahlborn is a partner at EAC International Consulting, a management consultancy specializing in growth markets. …
Expected course of the workshop:
Time | Topic | Speaker |
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9:00 | Reception | |
9:30 | Welcome & introduction | |
9:45 | Founding and types of companies in the USA | Alton |
10:45 | Coffee & cold drinks | |
11:00 | “Between market and power: Strategies for international companies in the US in the current geopolitical landscape” | EAC International Consulting |
12:00 | Joint lunch | |
13:00 | Investment planning and implementation: Successful location planning | io-consultants LP |
13:45 | Law & Liability | Jackson Walker LLP |
14:45 | Coffee break | |
15:00 | Taxes in the USA | Rödl & Partner |
16:00 | Visum & HR, Payroll, Employee Benefits | Rödl & Partner / ALTON |
16:45 | Keynote & Best Practices – Special Guest | Munich: vbw – Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft Cologne: tba |
17:30 | Q&A / Networking |
Participation
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199€per PersonIncludes participation in the workshop, as well as snacks, lunch and drinks