Lunch update on U.S. market entry in the Southeast
Join our roundtable luncheon in Eindhoven on Wednesday, September 23, to explore the growth opportunities in the U.S. market and how Dutch companies can benefit from expanding into the Southeast.
This is one of the fastest-growing manufacturing regions in the U.S., with continued investment in advanced manufacturing -particularly across the aerospace, defense and automotive sectors- creating significant opportunities for European companies seeking to establish or expand their U.S. presence.
Major OEMs and their extensive supply chains are key drivers of this regional growth, offering European suppliers an attractive opportunity to establish a second foothold alongside their European operations. Increasingly, these U.S.-operations also serve as an important second growth platform and greater resilience for European parent companies, helping them diversify their markets, and capture new business opportunities.
Note: This program is free of charge and upon invitation and only meant for manufacturing companies
The roundtable will also feature
- Lessons learned on how to approach the Southeast and successfully become part of its rapidly expanding manufacturing ecosystem.
- First-hand experiences and success stories from European companies that entered the U.S. market
- Practical insights from market-entry strategies to legal, tax, logistics and incentives.
Agenda
10.30 – 11.00: Walk-in
11.00 – 13.00: Presentations and discussion
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch and networking
Location
TABS (Eindhoven office): Vestdijk 59-B, 5611 CA Eindhoven
Speakers
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EACC Netherlands
Speakers
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Christoph DoerrHead of European Office, Alabama Department of Commerce -
Gabriel Monzon-CortarelliHead of International Practice Group, BeckerGabriel Monzon-Cortarelli is a shareholder in the firm’s corporate practice and Chair of the International Practice Group, Europe and Latin America. He has broad experience with cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances involving the United States, Europe, and Latin America, and international capital market offerings for European and Latin American issuers and underwriters.
Gabriel, resident in New York and Milan, assists companies, entrepreneurs, and global private markets investors, including managed fund investors, fundless sponsors and private investors, entering or expanding their presence in the U.S., Latin American and European markets, as well as accessing the U.S. and European major public and private capital markets.
Additionally, he represents global corporations in a broad spectrum of industry sectors including defense, food and beverage, retail, entertainment, logistics, transportation and automotive, engineering and energy, as well as, leading global financial institutions. Gabriel is dual-qualified and dual-educated in the United States and United Kingdom and is registered with the New York Bar and Bars in other European jurisdictions. Prior to joining Becker, Gabriel practiced with various AmLaw 30 international law firms based in New York and Europe (Milan – Italy) where he led a dedicated group of lawyers advising on foreign direct investments in-bound to the United States and Latin America. In addition to his legal experience, on secondment from his prior law firm and as part of a change of control transaction, Gabriel acted as executive board member of a European closed-end fund manager which managed closed-end funds with assets under management of €1.5bn. Gabriel also routinely acts as independent director in various corporate boards of European and U.S. companies.
In addition to his law degrees (LL.M and LL.B) from Fordham Law School and University College London, Gabriel has an MBA from Bocconi University School of Management. He is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish and has strong knowledge of French.
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Jacon WillemsenCo-Founder & President, TABS INC**Jacob Willemsen** is the founder and President of **TABS Inc.**, a transatlantic business services firm that helps European companies establish and grow their operations in the United States.
After earning a degree in International Economics from the University of Amsterdam, Jacob worked at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York. He subsequently founded his own consulting business, which evolved into TABS in 2010. Since then, he and his team have supported hundreds of European companies with their U.S. expansion.
Through its offices in New York, Houston and the Netherlands, TABS provides practical support across company formation and governance, finance and accounting, tax, payroll, HR and other administrative requirements. Jacob has extensive first-hand experience helping European businesses navigate the practical and operational challenges of entering and scaling in the U.S. market.
Alongside his work at TABS, Jacob has been active in several transatlantic and international business organizations. He is a co-founder of NAF-Biz New York and has held positions with organizations including the International Commerce Club of New Jersey, the European Procurement Forum and the United Nations Association of New York.
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Yves CattelTax Advisor, Archipel Tax AdviceYves Cattel is a tax advisor at Archipel Tax Advice, specializing in Dutch and international taxation, with a particular focus on international and EU tax law, cross-border structures, and taxation for entrepreneurs and growing companies.
Yves holds a Master of Advanced Studies in International and EU Tax Law and combines his advisory practice with an academic role as a guest lecturer in Tax Law at Leiden University. He regularly publishes and speaks on developments in international taxation, including EU tax law, Pillar Two, employee participation and incentive plans, and cross-border business.
At Archipel Tax Advice, Yves works with entrepreneurs, scale-ups and internationally active companies on complex tax matters and is actively involved in the firm’s international network through CLA Global.