Topical Events: Some Insightful Moments 

Selected Presentations, Event Chairmanship and UN NGO Delegate Role 

by William B. Bierce

Your French-speaking New York tech and business lawyer

How to Achieve a Smarter Business Exit from your Business.

  • 10 January 2022, Web Interview with Joseph Paris, President, Operational Excellence Society
  • Navigating corporate divorce, succession planning and joint sale of your business

How to Grow Your Business Internationally: Canada, UK and US

  • 28 October 2019, Laytons LLP, 2 More London Riverside, London

Stratégie gagnante pour la vente en ligne en France, aux Etats-Unis et au Canada: cadre légal de la vente en ligne et où localiser son activité digitale ?

  • le 30 octobre 2019, la Maison du Barreau, 2 rue Harlay, Paris 2ème

Colloquium on Contractual Networks and Other Forms Of Inter-Firm Cooperation

  • 25-29 March 2019, United Nations, New York 
  • Report by William B. Bierce, as Delegate of the International Bar Association (London, England) to UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Working Group I (Micro, Small and Medium-Size Business).

Impact of EU General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) on U. S. Data Controllers   

  • Le 16, mai 2018, Creative Valley, 11 Rue Carnot, 94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France 
  • Meet-up, La RGPD mise en vigueur par nos amis américains !

Legal Ethics Challenges in Meeting New Privacy Obligations of both Lawyers and Clients in Cross-Border Transactions

  • April 17-21, 2018, New York, NY (American Bar Association Section of International Law 2018 Spring Meeting) 
  • Panel Chair, Moderator and Speaker:  William B. Bierce
  • Speakers from Brazil, Indonesia, France, New York, NY, Canada
  • Topic: how the EU General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR), effective May 2018, varies from the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive (and “Safe Harbor”), the US-EU “Privacy Shield” voluntary compliance program under GDPR, and how law firms (not to mention clients) need to adopt internal procedures, policies, trainings and third-party flow-down requirements to comply.

La Conformité Américaine et Française au Règlement Européen sur la Protection des Données Personnelles

  • Le 16 mai 2017, Maison du Barreau, 2 rue de Harlay, Paris, the French-American Bar Association (“FABA”)

Trumperie ou simple Trump l’oeil : un nouveau cadre juridique pour le commerce et l’investissement aux Etats-Unis ? 

  • Mardi 23 mai 2017, Maison du Barreau, 2 rue de Harlay, Paris

Practical Solutions for Distance Selling to U.S. Consumers

  • International webinar, May 12, 2016, 
  • Co-sponsored by the Bundesverband E-Commerce und Versandhandel Deutschland e.V. (bevh) and the French-American Chamber of Commerce CoWork (NY)

Strategies for Compliance with Evolving IoT Regulation

  • Insurance IoT USA, Miami, Florida, December 1-2, 2015

Comparative Laws & Practices in several countries relating to Innovation, Business Growth and the Practice of Law [L’Innovation dans la Pratique du Droit, Le Droit de l’Innovation aux Etats-Unis, Innover Ailleurs, Enfer ou Paradis ?]

  • Congrès de réseau d’avocats, November 6, 2015, Bordeaux, France

Taking UK Tech to the U.S.: Business Planning and Operations

  • techUK.org, London, United Kingdom, January 15, 2015.

Anonymous Mobility Rights: Online Tracking, Geolocation of Web Users and “Do Not Track Me.”

  • ITechLaw European Conference, Paris, France, October 16, 2014.

Using Globalization to Gain Access to Global Tech Markets.

  • New York Technology Council, New York, New York, June 24, 2014.

Inbound, Outbound: Developing Offshore Tech Partnerships for International Expansion.  Learn how to develop strategic offshore alliances to take your tech company overseas.

  • February 26, 2014, by New York Technology Council, Anchin, New York, New York, 
  • Interactive panel discussion of the challenges and opportunities of forming strategic alliances with foreign businesses and foreign tech companies.

Secrets of Global Branding: Developing and cultivating your global footprint across various global business models and brand management models

  • February 13, 2014, Internet interview of William B. Bierce by Té Revesz on VoiceAmerica Internet radio

Comment approcher les e-marchés américains

  • Une Web-Conférence le 17 octobre 2013, Paris, France

An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Going Global

  • March 21, 2013, Internet interview of William B. Bierce by Té Revesz on VoiceAmerica

Limited Liability Companies: Basics of Ownership and Structuring

  • A webinar December 6, 2012.
  • LLC’s: specific operational and governance paradigms, operating agreement structure, and legal structures for collaboration in strategic relationships.

Tech-Driven Strategic Alliances

  • A webinar, December 12, 2012
  • This webinar provided an overview of key design and performance indicators for strategic alliances, with a focus on issues involving those “small innovators and big marketers.”

More, more and more…but this list is only a part of the fun and evolution of our tech-driven business law practice:

  • Outsourcing: business process management, supply chain management, step-in rights; Contract relationship management: tools and techniques
  • Captives: Offshore captive entities for global business services (GBS) and Centers of Excellence (COE’s)
  • Enterprise life cycle: startup, protection of intellectual property, scale-up, growth, strategic alliances, licensing, internal restructuring, exit (joint sale I M&A, buy-sell or split-off)
  • Technology and e-business: Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), digitization, analytics, SaaS (platforms + services), privacy and cybersecurity
  • Employment: stock options, converting stock ordinary income to stock capital assets, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, deferred compensation (IRC 409A)
  • Advantageous Dispute Resolution (ADR): mediation, negotiation, restructuring, win-win in lieu of lose-lose.

Any inquiries relating to webinars presented by Bierce & Kenerson, P.C. may be directed to info@biercekenerson.com.