RESOURCES & MULTIMEDIA

Kegler Brown remains on the cutting edge of legal and business developments worldwide. Our lawyers frequently write and present on business and legal issues in the U.S. and globally on a wide variety of international issues.

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LIST OF RESOURCES

Presentations
Articles
  • Citizen of the World
     Super Lawyers Magazine, Ohio 2012, Martijn Steger
    “Many law firms think they have an international practice if they open a few foreign offices,” Menzies says. “Martijn [Steger] is unusual in building a convincing international practice in Columbus by spotting market opportunities…and building and nurturing excellent relations with businesses and partners in those places…”
  • Jefe de la diplomacia cubana en Washington ofrecerá hoy conferencia en Ohio
    CubaDebate, November 17, 2011, Luis Alcalde, contributor
    El Alcalde de Columbus, Ohio, Michael B. Coleman, le dio la bienvenida oficial en la noche de miércoles a Jorge Bolaños, Jefe de la Sección de Intereses de Cuba, y declaró: “Es un honor para todos nuestros ciudadanos, para nuestra ciudad, para nuestros oficiales electos y para nuestros jueces que Usted Señor Embajador Bolaños haya escogido a Columbus como la primera ciudad de visitar fuera de Washington.”
  • Sister cities putting new focus on business
    The Columbus Dispatch, March 30, 2011, Michael Zatezalo, contributor
    Yesterday, a central Ohio delegation briefed government and business leaders about their trip last month to Columbus’ newest sister city, Ahmedabad, India.
  • Enforcement of fake products gets a blind eye
    Columbus Business First, February 4, 2011, Luis M. Alcalde, author
    Much has been written about the reasons behind the boom in fakes: globalization, the large profit margins, lesser risks in comparison with selling illicit drugs and growth of worldwide criminal enterprises that use counterfeiting to launder money and fund criminal activity, even terrorism. All of this is true. But the problem is the result of even greater ills that will be much harder to combat.
  • Riding the Elephant
    Smart Business, February 2011, Vinita Bahri-Mehra, interviewee
    “The main sectors of opportunity for U.S. business are higher education, defense, retail and manufacturing,” says Vinita Bahri-Mehra, chair of Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter’s Asia- Pacific practice.
  • International Markets
    Smart Business, May 2010, Martijn Steger, interviewee
    Companies often choose markets to enter based on an opportunity that presents itself. While there’s nothing wrong with those opportunities, the question is: Are they the right opportunities in which to invest?
  • Some firms hesitant to take export plunge
    Columbus Business First, January 8, 2010, Vinita Bahri-Mehra, contributor
    A company needs to research tariffs, intellectual property laws, permit processes especially for biotechnology, the best shipping method and whether it’s better to do the manufacturing or license the technology to an overseas partner.
  • Ohio companies ready to pounce on economic recovery in Canada
    Columbus Business First, January 8, 2010, Vinita Bahri-Mehra, contributor
    In raw numbers, the trade relationship equated to $19.91 billion in Ohio exports to the great white north in 2008, up from $19.79 billion in 2007. Going the other way, Ohioans imported $17 billion in Canadian goods and services in 2008, up from about $15 billion the year before.
  • Before firms dive into exporting, legal checklist needs a long look
    Columbus Business First, October 9, 2009, Martijn Steger and Vinita Bahri-Mehra, contributors
    Despite nearly daily stories about Ohio’s budget deficit, failing industries and unemployment rates, Buckeye-based businesses continue to be experts on exporting their goods to more than 200 nations.
  • Recession Lessons
    Columbus CEO, October 2009, Martijn Steger, Michael Zatezalo, and Vinita Bahri-Mehra, contributors
    With the economy on the skids, it’s a buyer’s market for legal services. Law firms are adapting with new practice areas, cost controls and stepped-up client relations.
  • Kegler Brown Among Ohio’s Exporting Excellence Honorees
    The Daily Reporter, September 4, 2009
    The only legal industry two-time honoree in the program’s 22-year history to receive the Governor’s Excellence in Exporting award, Kegler Brown was selected for the honor due to its strong international legal practice, said Martijn Steger, attorney and director of international law and business at the firm.
  • Seven Local Companies Honored for Export Work
    Columbus Dispatch, August 31, 2009
    Seven central Ohio companies were among the 27 winners of 2009 Governor’s Excellence in Exporting awards presented in a ceremony last week at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus.
  • Legal Aid
    Columbus CEO, June 2009, Martijn Steger, contributor
    As law firm networks grow more popular, even smaller practices can establish a global presence. Increasingly, firms are banding together [to] allow attorneys to get firsthand insight from colleagues across the country – or globe – while providing avenues for new business and professional development.
  • Getting to Know India: The Regulatory Side of the Asian Tiger
    March 2009, Vinita Bahri-Mehra, author
    Globalization is leading several U.S. companies to do business across borders and India has become a hot destination for those investments. US business enterprises, in order to sustain, succeed and to be a part of the emerging markets globalization, must be flexible and adaptable to the realities of the India market.
  • Investments in India: A Structrual Strategy
    February 2009, Vinita Bahri-Mehra, author
    With its liberal, alternative, and investor-friendly economic climate, India is has become a target for U.S. companies looking to invest abroad. Because we are continuously moving toward a global economy and the world is getting flatter, the vast and growing Indian market has indeed become a reality.
  • Destination India
    Columbus Bar Briefs, Fall 2006 Vinita Bahri-Mehra, author
    The vast and growing Indian market is a reality. In India the growth is staggering, the quality of goods and services is top notch and the cost can be as low as one third of doing business in the United States. Even so, it is a challenging market that should be entered only with the planning and execution that you would perform in any developing market.