International Business Lawyer

What is an International Lawyer?

The most natural answer would be “someone who practices International law”. But then what is international law? Isn’t law always ultimately national?

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.

Therefore, most “international lawyers” are just lawyers with international clients, such as an American attorney advising a French corporation on doing business in the United States or engaging with foreign entities on behalf of an American client. But because lawyers are technically “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.

What makes us different

– Our founder, Stephan Grynwajc, is fully qualified, certified, and admitted to practice law in 4 different countries across 2 continents. As a true international lawyer, he advises corporations on French, British, American, and Canadian law. The links below lead to a selection of his articles on various aspects of French, UK, U.S., and Canadian law. To learn more, please select a link below:

– Prior to establishing The Law Office of S. Grynwajc, Stephan Grynwajc practiced transnational business law for 30 years across three jurisdictions (US, UK, France), having worked 15 years as in-house lawyer at a number of U.S. blue chip technology firms, overseeing international business operations. This extensive experience allowed him to develop an unparalleled understanding of and appreciation for the business world and the technology sector, providing the insight and international perspective to negotiate and draft complex technology contracts governed by EU, U.S., and Canadian law, and advising clients on complying with privacy laws and regulations in the EU, the UK, the U.S., and Canada. To see some of our firm’s keys areas of expertise under French, UK, U.S., or Canadian law, please click on the links below

– Stephan’s agility at navigating diverse and often conflicting legal systems, and providing clients with cross-border, trans-Atlantic solutions allow him to offer clients a “one stop shop” law firm that is able to manage their U.S. and international legal and regulatory compliance normally requiring separate counsel for each national jurisdiction. For the clients he selects, the advantages are substantial – financial savings, faster solutions, and greater transparency by eliminating the costs, coordination challenges, and inter-office communication of a large multi-lawyer team. For a snapshot of Stephan’s comparative law articles please click on the links below :

GDPR/International privacy

Technology law

Contracts

Intellectual property law

Our Key Differentiators as International Business Lawyer

Full right of practice in the EU, the UK, the U.S., and Canada, allowing us to cover operations and compliance for American corporations in all four jurisdictions, both at national and state/provincial levels.
30 years of professional experience, including 15 years in-house at international technology companies, in both the EU and North America allows us to hit the ground running and fit very easily into the corporate culture.
A combined physical presence in both the EU and the U.S. ensuring we are always present and available to offer counsel, advice, and representation.