Cross-border legal guides

The New York Convention lets arbitral awards travel across 160+ countries. This guide covers the recognition and enforcement process, common defenses (jurisdiction, procedural defects, public policy), and how to counter them.

90% of international sales contract risk sits in 10 clauses: price and payment, delivery, quality, limitation of liability, jurisdiction and governing law, breach, force majeure, and more. Here is what to check and how to fix them.

Enforcement starts with finding assets. This article covers lawful asset tracing abroad: public registries, court records, credit reports, social media, OSINT, and professional investigators — plus evidentiary value and compliance boundaries.

Heirs living in China with an estate abroad — how do you even start? This article covers the practical path: document preparation, applicable-law analysis, overseas probate, authorizations, and remitting funds, plus the usual sticking points.

Debt recovery has three golden windows: within 30 days of default, before the debtor's position deteriorates, and before the limitation period expires. Miss them and recovery gets exponentially harder and costlier. Here is what each window means and what to do.

An unpaid overseas invoice is the most common source of bad debt for exporters. This guide breaks down a 5-step legal recovery path — evidence, demand letter, negotiation, proceedings, enforcement — with realistic time and cost expectations.

Won a judgment in China but the debtor has assets in the US or Canada? This article explains recognition and enforcement — due process, reciprocity, public policy, timelines, costs — plus practical alternatives.

A relative passes away abroad and heirs in China have no idea where to start. This article maps the full estate process: death and identity documents, wills and intestacy, asset inventory, probate, cross-border transfer, and tax points.

Debt recovery is not binary. A demand letter is cheap and fast; a lawsuit is powerful but costly. This article compares the two — scenarios, cost, timeline, and risk — to help you pick the most cost-effective path.

Inheriting a property left abroad in the US, Canada, or Australia involves more than paperwork. This guide walks through probate, tax clearance, and title transfer step by step, with country-specific tax notes and realistic timelines.

Contract fraud, investment scams, and export fraud are the three most common traps in cross-border business. This guide breaks down how each scheme works, the red flags to watch for, and the standard steps — evidence, stop-payment, and reporting — to take within 48 hours of discovery.

The full export debt collection pathway — internal follow-up, demand letter, settlement, arbitration or litigation, and award enforcement — with trigger points, timelines, costs, and common exporter mistakes.