Attendees of an upcoming Temple University program will seek to understand Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania business climates, discover business opportunities and find U.S government resources for doing business there.
Temple’s Small Business Development Center’s Going Global Series Event, “Doing Business in Ghana, Kenya & Tanzania,” will be held June 18 on the university’s Main Campus in Philadelphia. Ken Charette, an attorney in Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, P.C.’s Corporate, Business and Banking and Healthcare Groups, will speak on the subject of “Contractual Considerations When Engaging in Cross Border Business Relationships.”
The three countries have growing industrial economies, as well as significant United States resources available to assist business owners looking for export opportunities in emerging markets. Key sectors of interest include: Renewable energy, transportation, electricity transmission, and distribution, telecommunications (IT and cybersecurity), mining, and traditional energy. Other export opportunities will also be highlighted.
Additional speakers will include Anna Humphrey, Strategic Communications, United States Trade and Development Agency and
Dale Foote, World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia.
Registration is required. For more information, visit www.temple.edu/sbdc.
Ken is a member of the Firm’s Corporate, Business, and Banking Group, as well as its Healthcare Group. He routinely assists clients with a wide range of business and corporate law matters, including, but not limited to: entity selection and formation, shareholder relations and corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, raising capital, regulatory compliance, commercial real estate, and general contract drafting and review.
He also advises clients on various types of international business transactions, such as licensing agreements, joint ventures, distributorships, and other types of cross-border relationships.
In addition, Ken counsels clients on transactions specific to the healthcare industry, such as the structuring of practice mergers/acquisitions or joint ventures and issues of regulatory compliance involving HIPPA’s patient privacy rules, the Stark Law, and the Anti Kick-Back statute.
