GlobalScot Robert Dewar - "Doing Business in the USA" Seminar, 10th February 2010 – Dundee

Location: Dundee
Venue: Scottish Enterprise, Enterprise House, 3 Greenmarket, Dundee, DD1 4QB
Start Date: 10/02/2010 Start Time: 10:00
End Date: 10/02/2010 End Time: 12:30



GlobalScot Robert Dewar will be in Scotland in February, and has offered his time to run 3 seminars along with one to one sessions for companies (held in Scottish Enterprise offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee). The sessions will give advice and support to Scottish businesses with existing or planned operations in the US. Bob has been a very active GlobalScot over the years and has provided extensive support and guidance to companies. He is able to give advice on approvals / licensing, exporting, negotiating sales, regulatory environment, business partnerships (e.g. advising start ups, mentoring etc), business plan appraisal, guidance on how to access finance, sales and marketing. Please find Bob's bio below.

The seminar will be a morning session (up to 2 hours) followed by lunch. There will then be an opportunity for one to one sessions with Bob for companies who would find this useful. The one to one sessions will be allocated on a first come first served basis, please contact David J Smith (david.j.smith@scotent.co.uk) directly to organise a one to one meeting.

Robert Dewar
Educated at George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and Perth Academy. Bob studied law at Edinburgh University from 1980 to 1985 qualifying with an Honours Degree. After completing my traineeship in Edinburgh and qualifying as a solicitor, he completed a "stage" (training course) at the European Commission in 1988. In late 1988 he moved to the US and completed a Masters Degree in Law at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is fully qualified as an attorney in Virginia. After qualifying in the US, he joined an international law firm based in Richmond and worked in Virginia for six years before qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales and relocating to London in 1996. In 2001 he relocated back to Virginia and now splits his time between Richmond and Washington, D.C.