Dispute Arising out of Hit Television Program
“Erwin contacted his friend and colleague, IR Global member John Wolfs of Wolfs Advocaten, based in Maastricht, Netherlands, who acted as local counsel to the client in coordination with Erwin’s firm”.
The benefits of having legal counsel who is a member of the IR Global community are substantial and important. The below case study highlights the importance of having attorneys who can provide their clients with local representation as well as global coverage for the increasingly international, cross-border aspects of business and commercial disputes.
IR Global member Erwin Shustak’s firm, based in California, represented the creator of the international hit television show The Voice. That client had a dispute with a Netherlands company, and others, who he alleged purloined his intellectual property. The dispute wound up in litigation in the California court.
Since several of the defendants were Dutch, and their business activities governed by the Dutch courts, there was an ancillary court proceeding that needed to be commenced and pursued in the Netherlands to obtain information and documents pursuant to Dutch law. Erwin contacted his friend and colleague, IR Global member John Wolfs of Wolfs Advocaten, based in Maastricht, Netherlands, who acted as local counsel to the client in coordination with Erwin’s firm. John pursued the legal proceeding in the Netherlands which allowed their joint client to obtain the information and documents necessary to pursue his primary dispute in California.
It is the ability of IR Global members to call upon and quickly enlist fellow members across the globe that gives each IR Global member the unique ability seamlessly marshal the international and domestic legal and other professional resources necessary to accomplish the desired result and best serve a client’s needs wherever the needs arises on a worldwide basis. There is no single law firm that has as many members or offices throughout the world as IR Global, affording the clients of IR Global members immediate access to experienced and sophisticated attorneys and other professionals wherever and whenever needed.
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