About Alliott Group Legal

The law firms within Alliott Group (previously marketed as AG Legal)provide an ever expanding global presence offering fellow members and their clients legal expertise across a broad range of practice areas in commercial centres throughout the world.

The legal membership of Alliott Group was established four years ago to complement the services already provided by the accounting and consultant members of the Group. From its primarily European focus, the legal membership is now expanding into the other regions served by AG members – testament to the Group’s ability to evolve and innovate, and the culture of sharing, contributing and co-operation which forms the backbone of the Group’s overall ethos and activities.

Improving through sharing

Membership of Alliott Group offers independent firms the opportunity to extend globally with their clients through access to other carefully selected providers of accounting, legal, IT, human resources, corporate finance and outsourcing professionals.

Each member firm undergoes an thorough screening process and continuous assessment to ensure that they continue to operate to and meet all Alliott Group criteria. As a result, our members are among the most respected, forward-thinking firms in their respective countries.

Work without boundaries

We are established but not in every sense of the word. Our approach to international business is a refreshing one – a framework which enables members to share knowledge, mix with like-minded professionals and provide their clients with access to a truly global solution wherever they are.

We are different to other associations and networks in that we do not just focus on one aspect of international business. Instead we provide global reach via an alliance of dynamic national, regional and internationally focused firms – a unique business opportunity for our worldwide membership and their clients.

The law firm members within the group are equipped to provide a wide range of transactional and litigation services including:

• Company law
• Employment law
• International trade law
• Administrative law
• Property law
• Tax law
• Litigation, mediation and arbitration

We can also work in tandem with our fellow Alliott Group members, to provide complementary accountancy, tax, IT and management consultancy services to provide a total solution for a fully co-ordinated service with seamless international coverage.

News

• Three firms join Alliott Group
  As of July 1st, Alliott Group invited three firms to become full members of the Group
• Alliott Group member Volaw recognised as top 25 Trust Company
  Leading Jersey fiduciary services company Volaw Trust & Corporate Services Limited has been named among the world’s Top 25 Trust Companies by Private Client Practitioner magazine.
• 2010 Worldwide Conference to be held in Singapore
  The dates for this year's meeting are Wednesday 27th through to Saturday 30th October.
• Alliott Group ranked in top 30 in Accountancy Age's 2010 Survey
  Alliott Group was ranked 29th in the survey but had the 4th highest growth of the 30 largest international accountancy newtorks, alliances and associations (including the Big Four firms).
• Herzfeld & Rubin PC. wins case for Volkswagen Group in North America
  Ningur Akoglu and Ian Ceresney participated in the trial of Abigail M. Cameron et al. v. Volkswagen AG et al., in which a Milwaukee Jury unanimously rejected the plaintiff’s claim of inadvertent release of her seat-belt buckle and denied $18 million recovery against the Volkswagen defendants.
• Growth strategy and profitability
  Dominic Cingoranelli, founder and the Executive Vice-President of Consulting Services for Succession Institute, LLC., highlights some of the potential pit falls of a poorly planned strategy.
• Motivating your team - a simple question solves the mystery
  In the first of two articles, Krista Remer of ConvergenceCoaching, LLC, provides insight into what motivates your staff and what you can do to get the best out of them.
• Technology Transfers in China
  Caroline Berube, managing partner of Alliott Group law firm member firm HJM Asia Law & Co LLC in Guangzhou, China, provides an introduction to technology transfer issues in China.
• Protection of well-known trademarks in Brazil
  The Brazilian Law grants to trademarks identified as well-known an extended protection, which, however, is rarely invoked. In fact, the Brazilian law ensures owners of trademarks deemed well-known extended protection covering all fields of activity, i.e., all trademark classes. In practical terms, this means that even when a trademark is registered in a single class, if such trademark is well-known recognized, no identical or similar trademark can be registered in Brazil in any other class.
• 10 Questions for Effective Networking
  Many networking opportunities are lost through failing to establish how and when to keep in touch.