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A Message from the President |
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Give Your Company the Gift of Transatlantic Business Opportunities
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EACC is a Connector
We open doors for our members across our chapter network on both sides of the Atlantic and we keep you informed on the relevant issues affecting your business.
Members of the EACC network enjoy:
♦ Access to our network of high-level business executives & our unique referral service
♦ Invitations to exclusive seminars & a direct exchange with transatlantic experts
♦ Visibility for your organization & opportunities to showcase your thought-leadership
♦ The ability to make a difference & actively engage in the Trans-Atlantic business dialogue
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EACC Florida Meets Belgium and Ireland |
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On November 15, Christina Sleszynska, EACC Florida Executive Director, had the honor of meeting with His Excellency Dan Mulhall, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States, during his visit to Miami. He used the opportunity to announce the establishment of a Consulate General of Ireland in Miami expected to be officially opened in the summer of 2022. Mr. Ian O’Flaherty currently serves as the Honorary Consul of Ireland in Miami.
This is excellent news for the transatlantic business community in Florida. EACC Florida looks forward to working closely with the new Consul General and team.
Florida - Ireland Facts & Figures
In 2015, Irish investment into the U.S. was valued at $13.5 billion, making Ireland the 6th largest source of FDI into the US. As of 2016, there are over 400 Irish companies employing over 100,000 people in the US. However, Ireland has made it a priority to diversify their links away from the Northeastern United States and into Florida, recognizing Florida as a significant market and the commercial gateway to Latin America.
Source: Florida Chamber of Commerce
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On November 19, Christina Sleszynska, Executive Director of EACC Florida, had the great pleasure of meeting Consul General of Belgium Michel Gerebetzoff and Belgian Trade and Investment Commissioner Yves Dubus at a reception hosted by Manuel Molina, Honorary Consul of Belgium in Miami. The Consul General is based in Atlanta and his jurisdiction covers Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky (except the counties of Campbell and Kenton), Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee. This was their first trip to Florida.
EACC Florida will be delighted to host them next time they visit our Sunshine State.
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EACC Florida Hosts Program on Impact of International Travel Rules & Immigration Back-Logs on Transatlantic Business |
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For the first time since it launched in February 2020, the EACC Florida welcomed participants to an in person program held on November 30 at Greenberg Traurig on "International Travel Rules & Immigration Back-Logs: Back to Business as Usual or Long-Term Impact?"
Speakers included Scott Bettridge, Immigration Practice Chair at Cozen O’Connor and Peter Cerda, Regional Vice President for the Americas at the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Warmly welcomed by EACC Florida President Alan Sutin and Executive Director Christina Sleszynska, attendees made the most of the opportunity to exchange with the speakers and attendees about the impact of the past 20 months on their companies, staff and clients, current situation and expectations for the future.
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Wednesday January 12, 2022
8.00AM PST I 11.00AM EST
4.00PM GMT I 5.00PM CET
Registration Fee
EACC Members : Free
EACC Non Members: Free
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WEBINAR – ESG Advertising Dos and Don’ts and What’s Coming Up in 2022
In the past ten years, ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) has become a key focus for the corporate world. Environmental protection, social justice, and ethical management are increasingly meaningful to consumers, particularly millennials and the ZGeneration.
This has led to a growing global trend towards advertising based on ESG issues, and as a result, to regulators taking a closer interest in ESG-related claims, and to brand damage from allegations of “green washing”, gender or other stereotyping, cultural appropriation, …
Join us for a discussion on the trends within ESG advertising in Europe and the United States. Our experts will explain what ESG Advertising is and what it is not, will compare and discuss similarities, differences, and challenges on both sides of the Atlantic and will look into the looking-glass in terms of upcoming legislation and trends.
Topics to be addressed
- What is ESG Advertising?
- Is there a regulatory framework at EU level? What about the UK?
- What is the legal landscape in the United States?
- What are the do’s and don’ts that you need to keep in mind?
- What are the latest trends? In B2B and B2C?
- Looking ahead to 2022, what do we foresee from a legal perspective in respect to ESG advertising?
Speakers
- Edward B. Chansky – Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig (Las Vegas)
- Brinsley Dresden – Partner, Head of Advertising & Marketing Law, Lewis Silkin LLP (London)
- Alan Sutin – Principal Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig (Miami) [Moderator]
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EACC FLORIDA PODCASTS
"Deep Dives" in Partnership with Miami Global Net
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This Deep Dive – and the last of this series in partnership with Global Miami Net – is on Transatlantic Taxation.
The accounting and tax landscape which multinational businesses must navigate is increasingly complex with on-going changes to legislation as well as greater scrutiny from authorities on compliance and enforcement. These developments have been exacerbated by the global Pandemic with new changes to accounting and tax in many jurisdictions. These include new legislative proposals here in the United States, in the EU, other European countries as well as at international level.
Join us to hear about the differences, challenges, recent developments, the COVID factor, GILTI, FATCA and what the future may have in store.
Featuring: Olivier Sureau – CPA & Partner, JADE Fiducial
Click on the image to watch
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YOUNG VOICES FROM THE FUTURE |
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Skylar Steudter – First Generation German-American College Student
“Do not Worry about Things you Cannot Control.”
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Skylar was born in Miami Beach in April 1999 from German parents. A few months later, his mother returned to Germany and raised her only son as a single Mom in Solingen close to Düsseldorf. Skylar was good in high school; he enjoyed physics and social sciences. He wanted to study entrepreneurship at university but couldn’t find a program that really appealed to him. Still, he applied and was accepted for the Fall 2017 term to several German private universities.
Then he made a life-changing decision.
In October 2017, he flew to Miami on his own to visit several universities. He was a US citizen but hardly spoke English. Still, he decided to stay and applied to the University of Miami. While waiting for an answer, he declined the offers from the universities in Germany. This was a very risky decision at the time for him. However, it was worth it as he was admitted to UM.
Skylar is graduating in December with a BBA in Entrepreneurship from the Miami Herbert Business
School. He loved every bit of it. He co-founded the U Start Entrepreneurship Club as a Freshman – which
was unusual even by UM standards, did internships in Singapore in 2019, at Procter & Gamble in
Germany in 2020, and at LinkedIn in California in 2021. He was offered a job as a Sales Associate at LinkedIn and will start in January 2022.
Skylar is graduating with a sizeable debt to his name. This does not scare him. It makes him proud: he graduates as a first-generation American to go to college; he mostly self-financed his education, housing, study abroad, etc; he plans to have his loans paid off by the end of his first year at LinkedIn; and most importantly, he will take his mother to Italy for her first winter vacation in 20 years.
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CLASQUIN, the Clients, Profit & Fun company
66 offices – 22 countries – 1 000 experts
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Together with its sister chapters, EACC Florida is part of a growing and highly dynamic transatlantic network reaching over 10,000 executives in the US and across Europe. With over 750 members, the EACC is a valuable resource for any size business. If you would like to get involved, let us know.
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EACC Florida
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