What is an international lawyer?
International business lawyer
The most natural answer would be “someone who practices international law”. But then what is international law? Isn’t law always ultimately national?
Isn’t law always ultimately national?
The question
When a corporation in the United States sues another based in France, won’t the dispute ultimately fall under the law of one country or the other?
Most attorneys advise clients on their home country’s domestic laws. While they may get involved in negotiating contracts or resolving disputes between companies from different countries, the issues they encounter will fall under a single national law.
So most “international lawyers” are lawyers with international clients, such as an American attorney advising a French corporation on doing business in the United States. Because lawyers are “attached” to the jurisdiction in which they are based and admitted to practice, their expertise remains grounded in a single country.
This is where we come in.
Four countries. Two continents. One firm.
What makes us different
01
Admitted in four countries
Our founder, Stephan Grynwajc, is fully qualified, certified and admitted to practice law in four countries across two continents. As a true international lawyer, he advises corporations on French, British, American and Canadian law.
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From inside the technology sector
Before establishing The Transatlantic Lawyer®, Stephan practiced transnational business law in the U.S., the UK and France, including 15 years as an in-house lawyer at U.S. blue-chip technology firms, overseeing international business operations. He negotiates and drafts complex technology contracts governed by EU, U.S. and Canadian law, and advises clients on complying with privacy laws in the EU, the UK, the U.S. and Canada.
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A “one stop shop” law firm
Navigating diverse and often conflicting legal systems, Stephan manages U.S. and international legal and regulatory compliance that would normally need separate counsel for each national jurisdiction. The result: financial savings, faster solutions and greater transparency, without the costs, coordination and inter-office communication of a large multi-lawyer team.
Read Stephan’s articles, by law or by subject.
Comparative law articles
A selection of his articles on French, UK, U.S. and Canadian law, and on the firm’s key areas of practice.
Why work with an international business lawyer.
Key differentiators
- 01
Full right of practice in the EU, the UK, the U.S. and Canada
So we can cover operations and compliance for American corporations in all four jurisdictions, at both national and state or provincial levels.
- 02
15 years in-house at international technology companies
In both the EU and North America, so we hit the ground running and fit easily into the corporate culture.
- 03
A combined presence in the EU and the U.S.
So we are always present and available to offer counsel, advice and representation.
Expanding to the EU or the UK? Need support for your operations in Europe?
Let’s talk about it