What International Companies Need To Know!

Anne Wolfson is a business lawyer and counselor in New York with experience in financial regulation and technology, including the use and ownership of technology, data and intellectual property, both domestically and internationally. As the current or former general counsel to several growing tech companies, she is familiar with the range of legal issues that SMEs encounter on a daily basis, and
provides counsel on how to avoid or address those risks sensibly. Having advised growing European companies for many years, Anne understands the new risks and challenges facing them when they enter the US market.

Mark van der Linden is an all-round tax lawyer with 25 years of experience in the global tax arena, 18 of which were spent living and working in the USA. His main focus is assisting (US) multinationals in establishing and structuring their global operations within the framework and limitations of the US tax codes. Mark has extensive knowledge of the interaction between the US, the Dutch and a vast amount of foreign tax systems. Areas of expertise include product development, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain structuring, international group restructuring combined with the use of typical financial instruments or hybrid structures. Fluent in Dutch, German and English, he is registered with the Dutch Order of Tax Consultants and as a Foreign Legal Consultant with the NY State Bar.

Nunzio De Filippis, a U.S. Licensed Customs Broker (LCB), is the CEO and part of the second generation of family leaders at CargoTrans, Inc. He started playing with boxes at age 2 and working with them at age 12!  Over the course of his lifelong training and career, he has worked in almost every aspect of logistics – from picking orders to picking ERP systems. Today, Nunzio is a Supply Chain Strategist who partners with businesses and people to grow their brands by taking the hassle out of shipping.  After spending over a decade working in Operations and Business Development with multimillion-dollar brands and startups, Nunzio understands that truly connecting with the hard-working people you’re trying to help and communicate your understanding to them is what wins – NOT mastering the spot rate of the week. 

Steve Maggi was born in Argentina and raised in New York City, studied broadcast journalism and history at UNC-Chapel Hill and then law at Georgetown University. A U.S. immigration and consular law attorney with over fifteen years of experience, Steve founded SMA Law Firm with the mission of helping foreign nationals achieve their unique version of the American Dream.

Under his direction, SMA provides comprehensive U.S. immigration and consular law services, including assisting U.S. businesses sponsoring foreign nationals for employment, entrepreneurs establishing U.S. start-ups, foreign companies expanding operations to the U.S., and family-based petitions and humanitarian cases. On the consular side, Steve has represented clients at over 70 U.S. embassies and consulates in their visa and waiver application processes and has processed hundreds of E-2 Treaty Investor visas.