Practice Management

What's a "Cwmni Cyfyngedig Cyhoeddus", anyway?

By Dan Hull

Okay, all you law weenies, let's review. Just what is that strange German symbol-thing you keep seeing in your due diligence--"GmbH", yeah, that's it--what does that mean? Not even an abbreviation for something in English. Or in American. Dang. The prof didn't cover this in Corporations. How about these: S.A.? Oy? Hevra Pratit? And "Cyfyngedig". Increasingly, lawyers are helping clients to do business with foreign companies and in foreign jurisdictions--and are even guiding clients as they set up shops abroad. See for starters the International Directory of Corporate Symbols and Terms, first published in 2002 by member firms of the Salzburg, Austria-based International Business Law Consortium. An American law prof, writer and businessman named Dennis Campbell is the IBLC's founder and director.

Full post as published by What About Clients? on September 07, 2008 (boomark / email).