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Please join NIS Global as we launch our new executive video series. Hear executives of VC-backed tech companies talk about their overseas expansion plans. Learn what keeps them up at night and how to avoid some of the common pitfalls of doing business in a foreign country. The NIS Global Executive Video Series debuts on … Continue reading
In April, I attended the Reed Smith Big Data Health Care Conference at the Quadrus Center in Menlo Park. The event focused on the impact of Big Data on Health Care. Moderated by Bob Stefanski, Partner and Co-Chair of Reed Smith’s Venture Capital and Technology Practice Group, the panelists covered a wide variety of topics on … Continue reading
The Bay Area Council Economic Institute recently released its 2014 Report on the current relationship between Europe and the Bay Area to a packed audience at Wells Fargo’s Corporate Headquarters in San Francisco. Based on the findings of the Study, the ties between the two regions continue to run deep. According to the Report, Europe accounts for 49% … Continue reading
I attended the San Francisco Business Times and HSBC Eurozone seminar on the Single Euro Payments Area (“SEPA”) at the Four Seasons Hotel in San Francisco. Michele Zaquine, Senior SEPA Commercialization Manager for HSBC France, was the Keynote Speaker. SEPA is an European Union initiative to transition Euro commercial payments and cash management practices from … Continue reading
Our NIS Global member firm from Ireland, Squires & Co., recently participated in the third annual “Ireland, Gateway to Europe” initiative, a delegation of 60 prominent business leaders and media from Ireland. It was a week-long series of meetings and presentations with US tech and life sciences companies in the Bay Area that are considering … Continue reading
The British American Business Council (“BABC”) celebrated its 50th Annual Christmas Luncheon at the prestigious Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco last week with 950 of its closest friends. It was a sold out event. The guests enjoyed holiday spirits, traditional Christmas Pudding, and fabulous auction prizes to exotic getaways, with a portion of the proceeds … Continue reading
Last week, executives from 300 of the hottest pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies from around the world converged on San Francisco for the exclusive “by invitation only” 32nd Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. It was an opportunity to learn about industry breakthroughs and trends, including merger & acquisition deals and initial public offerings. According to Google Venture, … Continue reading
In November, NIS Global sponsored a Global Ideas Xchange (“GIX”) event at Stanford University on doing business in Latin America. It was an exclusive gathering of 60 executives of leading technology companies – discussing expansion strategies for Mexico and Brazil. According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch, both countries are poised for growth in 2014 … Continue reading
NIS Global recently hosted the second in a series of international educational briefings for clients in the Bay Area on two of the BRIC Countries – Brazil and India. ” We want to give our clients an overview of the common HR, finance and business issues faced by US companies in overseas markets”, says Pete Doyle, Head of … Continue reading
Last week, Andrew Norton and Pete Doyle, the Co-Founders of our NIS Global UK member firm Nortons, met with VC-backed technology companies in Austin, Texas. Andrew set up the trip :” We were in town with a delegation presenting to Austin Businesses on setting up in Europe and hosted a couple of events – one … Continue reading
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