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Global Nashville | John Scannapieco Talks with Karl Dean

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Global Nashville with Karl Dean

A Conversation with John Scannapieco

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Recorded: February 12, 2022

Global Nashville with Karl Dean provides a spotlight on community leaders tied to international affairs, who talk about their professions and organizations, current developments in Nashville and their views on what makes Nashville a global city.

The February 17, 2022 episode featured a conversation with John Scannapieco an attorney who is a partner at Womble Bond Dickson (US) LLP in Nashville. John has worked many years with international businesses involved in or looking to be engaged in commercial activity aboard, especially in East Asia. John has been Chairman of the Japan-America Society of Tennessee and serves on the Board of the Tennessee World Affairs Council.

About John Scannapieco

John Scannapieco assists both US and foreign businesses engaged in the global economy. For more than three decades, he has provided strategic guidance and counsel to businesses and individuals regarding their existing global operations or to those contemplating global expansion.

John’s practice is focused on cross-border transactions. He assists domestic and foreign clients in connection with the sale or disposition of assets, as well as the negotiation and drafting of distribution, manufacturing, employment and agency agreements throughout the world, including the United States, Central and South America, Europe and Asia. He also advises companies that are contemplating pursuing a strategy in China, as well as companies that are currently doing business in China or with Chinese businesses. In addition, John assists US manufacturing companies with their activities overseas and foreign companies desiring to expand operations to the US. He works with US-based health care companies in a number of foreign jurisdictions, including China, Europe, Central and South America and the Caribbean. John has also worked with several companies in connection with the expansion of their global workforce.

John serves as Honorary Consul from Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Tennessee. He has been involved in TerraLex and Mackrell International, two leading international legal networks. Through his involvement in these organizations, he routinely helps clients locate resources, including legal, financial accounting or other assistance, to complete transactions or to resolve disputes throughout the world.

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