Full Description
With growing numbers of independent schools (pre-school, primary and secondary), vocational colleges and universities seeking to establish themselves internationally, this new text focuses on the complex legal and regulatory requirements of setting up an educational institution overseas.
As these institutions expand into the global arena - where there is a preference for adopting the UK model, supported by government contracts and foreign investment - traditional advisers to the independent education market increasingly need to understand the multi-disciplinary aspects of setting up abroad. Therefore, this book will make essential reading for all lawyers, accountants and school governing bodies involved with international expansion. Private equity investors, who need to understand the due diligence process specific to this sector and the structuring of their partnerships with potential 'sister schools', plus commercial property and real estate consultants involved in the actual building of overseas institutions, will also find this book invaluable.
The content examines market viability, the challenges of managing an international educational business, business plans, sustaining relationships, IP issues, data protection, international employment matters, tax considerations, brand protection and corporate structure. There is also a detailed country-by-country comparative analysis which is intended to inform the decision as to where to set up an educational establishment overseas. The text is further enhanced by numerous case studies.
In summary, this comprehensive handbook will provide a trusted guide for legal and business markets to the risk profiling, structural analysis and regulatory compliance issues that face all educational organisations seeking to establish themselves internationally.
Contents
Preface 7
Mark Abell
Bird & Bird
Section A
The market viability of English-medium K-12 international schools 9
Richard Gaskell
Diane Glass
ISC Research
Challenges of managing an educational business and building infrastructure 15
Mark Abell
Bird & Bird
Edoardo Monopoli
Baseline
Launching an international growth strategy 21
Mark Abell
Bird & Bird
IP issues 27
Mark Holah
Bird & Bird
Data protection issues 37
James Mullock
Bird & Bird
Employment issues 47
Pattie Walsh
Stephanie Wong
Bird & Bird
Transnational education 67
John Shaw
Cushman & Wakefield
Stephanie Terreni Brown
Clean Water Wave; Cushman & Wakefield
Tax issues 75
David Field
Grant Thornton UK LLP
Structural options - an overview of the international growth of schools and universities 99
Mark Abell
Bird & Bird
Section B
Brazil 113
Luiz Henrique O do Amaral
Luciana Bassani
Dannemann Siemsen Advogados
China 125
Sven-Michael Werner
Bird & Bird
Hong Kong 135
Hank Leung
Pattie Walsh
Bird & Bird
India 151
Nipun Gupta
Bird & Bird
Divya Sharma
DBS Law
Indonesia 161
Sherroy Ong
Bhredipta C Socarana
Risti Wulansari
K&K Advocates
Japan 179
Mark Abell
Bird & Bird
Hitomi Iwase
Hideki Katagiri
Daisuke Morimoto
Nishimura & Asahi
Korea 187
Han Ah Lee
Hwang Mok Park
Malaysia 195
Mei Quin Chen
Lin Li Lee
May Fenn Lim
Joe Yee Yap
Tay & Partners
Mexico 215
Shelley Nadler
Bird & Bird
Silverio Sandate
Von Wobeser y Sierra
Nigeria 221
Nick Green
Bird & Bird
Osayi Ogbeta
Inam Wilson
Templars
Singapore 227
Ling Yee Neo
Lorraine Tay
Bird & Bird ATMD
Thailand 243
Nick Green
Bird & Bird
Anake Rattanajitbanjong
Supasit Saypan
Chinachart Vatanasuchart
Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd
United Arab Emirates 257
Melissa Murray
Bird & Bird
United States 265
Madeleine G Kvalheim
Patricia B McMurray
Christopher G Morris
John M Scannapieco
Baker Donelson
Vietnam 279
Shelley Nadler
Bird & Bird
Waewpen Piemwichai
Tilleke & Gibbins
About the authors 287
