Effective International Joint Venture Management: Practical Legal Insights for Successful Organization and Implementation

Ronald Charles Wolf is an American attorney with forty-three years of law experience. For the past thirty years he has been based in Portugal, where he has advised a wide variety of transnational corporations wishing to do business there. In addition, he is the author of numerous books and articles on the subjects of mergers, acquisitions, and international joint ventures, including the much-acclaimed A Guide to International Joint Ventures (1995, 1999).

• INTRODUCTION 1 THE COMMERCIAL ASPECTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURE 2 THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURE: METHOD 3 THE VARIOUS FORMS OF THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURE SHELTER 4 CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND NEGOTIATIONS 5 DOCUMENTATION, OWNERSHIP, AND MANAGEMENT 6 THE SHAREHOLDERS' AGREEMENT 7 Due Diligence Procedures: Commercial, Legal, and Financial 8 How TO PROTECT OWNERSHIP RIGHTS AND MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS: CUSTOMIZING THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURE 9 DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND TERMINATION 10 THE CLOSING PROCESS