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
- Insurances in the USA
- Taxes in the USA
- Visa / employee secondment / HR & payroll
- Q&A / Best practice examples


München
04.06.2025 | 9:00 – 18:30
Rödl & Partner GmbH, Denninger Straße 84, 81925 München

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
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Manny Schoenhuber is an attorney in the international law practice group at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP …

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 …

Arnold Servo
Rödl & Partner
Arnold Servo is a partner at the international law firm Rödl & Partner. Arnold is originally from Augsburg, but has lived and worked in the USA…

Anna Ahlborn
EAC International Consulting
Anna Ahlborn is a partner at EAC International Consulting, a management consultancy specializing in growth markets. …

Michaela Schobert
OERTZENGroup
Michaela, originally from Würzburg, Germany holds a degree in business administration with a focus on international …
Expected course of the workshop:

Time | Topic | Speaker |
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9:00 | Reception with welcome & introduction | |
9:30 | The USA under the Trump Administration: Market entry and strategies for German companies in the face of protectionism and restrictive customs policies | EAC International Consulting |
10:30 | Coffee & cold drinks | |
10:45 | Founding and types of companies in the USA | Alton |
11:45 | Joint lunch | |
13:00 | Law & Liability | Nelson Mullins |
14:00 | Personal & Recruiting | OERTZENGroup |
15:00 | Coffee break | |
15:15 | Taxes in the USA | Rödl & Partner |
16:15 | Visum & HR, Payroll, Employee Benefits | Rödl & Partner / ALTON |
17:00 | Fireside Chat: Experience report of a German company in the USA | |
17:45 | Q&A / Networking |
Participation
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199€per PersonIncludes participation in the workshop, as well as snacks, lunch and drinks