Know · Find · SolveStart with what your business needs, or with who you are.
Fixed scope, a fee in writing and appointed partners in every country involved.
Eighteen practice groups. One appointed partner in each, per jurisdiction.
Business corridors and jurisdictions, with the partner firms in each.
Find approved WLA professionals and partner firms from the live directory.
Source-backed legal developments, analysis and practical resources.
The standards, governance and people behind World Law Alliance.
World Law Alliance · Est. 2018 · Know · Find · Solve
WLA connects deep specialist legal practices with the jurisdictions, business corridors, intelligence and independent counsel that cross-border business needs.
Fixed scope · Scope and fee confirmed in writing · Appointed partners in every country involved
Our focus is international. WLA takes on cross-border work, and the local work that cross-border business brings with it.
International legal work, understood, organised and carried through.
What are you trying to do?
You do not need the legal terms. Start with what your business needs: we match the service, the fee and the partners in your markets. For anything else, describe it to Ask WLA in your own words.
Know the risks in a cross-border agreement before you sign it.
Partners in this field are being appointed. WLA arranges counsel meanwhile.
0 partner firms practise in the groups this situation needs.
Everything about this situationBefore you commit capital, know every legal workstream the move touches.
Partners in this field are being appointed. WLA arranges counsel meanwhile.
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Everything about this situationSee every approval before you sign.
Partners in this field are being appointed. WLA arranges counsel meanwhile.
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Everything about this situationHire and move people across borders with the rules clear in advance.
Partners in this field are being appointed. WLA arranges counsel meanwhile.
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Everything about this situationAct fast when a dispute or claim crosses borders.
Partners in this field are being appointed. WLA arranges counsel meanwhile.
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Everything about this situationOnly the changes that touch your business.
Partners in this field are being appointed. WLA arranges counsel meanwhile.
0 partner firms practise in the groups this situation needs.
Everything about this situationOne view of a family's legal position across countries.
Partners in this field are being appointed. WLA arranges counsel meanwhile.
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Everything about this situationWays to start
Each service starts from a business need and draws on the appointed partners in every country involved. Nineteen services in all, from USD 399.
Know the risks in a cross-border agreement before you sign it.
Know what legal work you need before you start spending on it.
Before you enter a market, know every legal workstream your plan touches.
Map the regulatory gates before diligence becomes expensive.
Know who to call, in which country, before the next matter arrives.
How it works
The same four steps for every service, and one record you can return to.
Describe what you need in a few sentences, in your own words.
YouWLA confirms what is included, the fixed fee and the date.
WLAAppointed partners in each country check every legal point.
Appointed partnersThe report and the record stay in your account for the next piece of work.
You and WLAOngoing support
For businesses with legal needs in several countries every month. One team keeps the work moving, the counsel current and the record in one place.
A set number of requests each month, routed to the right partner, with status updates and one matter dashboard.
A live Bench of counsel for your priority countries. Your counsel stays; gaps are filled by appointed partners.
One route for every legal event across a portfolio of companies and countries.
See what you receive
A company based in Dubai wants to buy a distributor in Germany. The products are made in India. One Cross-Border Legal Map names the three countries, the approvals each may require, the order to do things in, and where German or Indian counsel must answer.
Open the full sample Request my Legal Map| # | Gate | Country | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foreign investment screening check | Germany | Before signing |
| 2 | Merger control thresholds | Germany | Before signing |
| 3 | Supply and distribution contracts | Germany · India | Before closing |
| 4 | Holding structure and tax review | UAE | Before closing |
| 5 | Employee transfer and works council | Germany | After closing |
Who we serve
Each audience has its own route: the problems you face, the services that solve them, fees, samples and the partners in your markets.
One legal team across every market you operate in.
Global Legal Bench™ · Regulatory Radar™Open the page 02Approvals, portfolio and exits, mapped before diligence.
Deal Regulatory Gate™ · Portfolio Legal Desk™Open the page 03Sell, source and distribute across borders on sound contracts.
International Contract Review · Market Entry Legal Readiness™Open the page 04One view of a family's legal position across countries.
Family Office Global Legal Map™ · Executive & Investor Mobility Map™Open the page 05Your third market, done right the first time.
Market Entry Legal Readiness™ · Global Employment Launch Pack™Open the page 06Legal readiness for the companies you bring into a market.
Global Legal Readiness Index™ · Executive Orientation Desk™Open the pageCoverage, live
Partner firms by practice group in every WLA jurisdiction, drawn straight from the directory. Open places are open to apply, and the grid grows as firms join.
Tell WLA what the business is trying to do, and where. Your practice, jurisdiction, corridor and intelligence context travels with the question, and WLA returns the workstreams, the sequence and the counsel on both sides.
Each practice group brings its specialist professionals, jurisdictions, business situations and intelligence together across borders. One appointed partner per practice group in every jurisdiction.
Senior practice leaders and lead partners steering cross-border transactions, bilateral investments, and regulatory strategy across key commercial routes.
All Professionals Explore all 24 corridors
Legal developments matter differently by practice and market. WLA Intelligence places each signal inside the jurisdictions, corridors and specialist capability it affects.
WLA partnership begins with what your firm does best. A WLA Appointed Partner represents a defined practice in its jurisdiction and becomes part of that same specialist practice across WLA.
Firm Workspace
Tools for the cross-border work your firm already does. Included for partner firms, in My WLA. A paid plan for other firms follows.
The Paris Assembly™ 2027 will bring together WLA partner firms, General Counsel, business leaders and institutional leaders from jurisdictions around the world. Edition V, after Dubai, London, Singapore and Barcelona. Paris, 20–21 October 2027.
The next step
Tell us the countries involved and what your business needs to achieve. We confirm the right service, the fee and the partners, in writing.
WLA holds the legal side of every stage. UNIONE™ joins from contract to recovery, and TheNeutrals for awards.