Hello jacjon,
Thank you for your interesting question.
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Here are some business planning firms that should be able to do a
great job for you and your business plan.
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Collaborative Strategies, Inc.
http://www.getcollaborative.com/welcome.html
12935 North Outer Forty Drive, Suite 105
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
(314) 523.9500
(314) 523.9505 fax
email: info@csi-mail.com
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Cayenne Consulting
http://www.caycon.com/?gq=b_bpc
Locations
* Boston, MA
* Jacksonville, FL
* Los Angeles, CA
* New York, NY
* Phoenix, AZ
* San Francisco, CA
* Shanghai, China
* Washington, DC
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Ground Floor Partners
http://www.groundfloorpartners.com/write_plan.html?trackcode=bizcom
333 N. Michigan Ave.
Suite 932
Chicago, IL 60601
312.726.1981
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MyBusinessAnalyst.com
http://mybusinessanalyst.com/
MyBusinessAnalyst.com
Address: 225 Crossroads Blvd. #208, Carmel, CA 93923
Phone: 888-932-2178 ext. 81
Fax: 888-369-4442
Email: info@MBAplan.com
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Masterplans
http://www.masterplans.com/indexbcom.html
Toll free: 1-877-453-2011 Email us: info@masterplans.com
Address: 121 SW Salmon St., 11th Floor, Portland, OR 97204
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Epic Planning
http://epicplanning.com/?trackcode=bizcom
Toll Free: 1-877-377-3742 | epicanalyst@epicplanning.com |
5850 San Felipe, Suite 500, Houston, TX 77057
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BackBone, Inc.
http://www.backboneinc.com/practices/bplans.html
Main Office:
(561) 470-0965
Connecticut Office:
(860) 887-5589
New York Office:
(516) 770-4926
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GrowThink
http://www.growthink.com/businessplan/
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The following three law firms are a complete list of lawyers that
might take on international cases in Costa Rica. That is backed by
this list from the British Embassy in San Jose, which lists these same
firms as being able to help British citizens in CR who need litigation
help.
British Embassy in San Jose-- Costa Rican attorneys
http://www.britishembassy.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1050510079450
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F.A. Arias & Muñoz
Carolina Flores
F.A. Arias & Muñoz
Centro Empresarial Forum, Edificio C, Oficina
1C1, Santa Ana, San José
Costa Rica, C.A.
Tel:
+506 204 7575
Fax:
+506 204 7580
Email: cflores@ariaslaw.co.cr
URL:
www.ariaslaw.com
http://www.ariaslaw.com/site/en/
Corporate services:
http://www.ariaslaw.com/site/en/dcorporativo.php
"F.A. Arias & Muñoz offers an international legal team that enables
its clients to conduct their business
throughout the region directly from their headquarters and benefit
from a comprehensive and integral
approach conductive to supple and profitable strategies. All of the F.
A. Arias & Muñoz offices are staffed
by highly qualified attorneys with studies in the most competitive
universities of Europe and the United
States of America, who are well known in their respective countries
and throughout Central America. All
are bilingual and some multilingual (Spanish, English, French, German,
Portuguese and Italian)."
"F. A. Arias & Muñoz represents many top companies from Central
America, North America, Europe and
the Far East, as well as multinational corporations with operations in
Central America, most of them
included in Fortune 500 list. The professional excellence of the
clients that have distinguished F. A. Arias
& Muñoz with their confidence and trust provides the best introduction
to the firm."
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Weinstok firm
Uri Weinstok
Weinstok Abogados
Paseo Colón, Torre Mercedes piso 9.
San Jose
Costa Rica
Tel:
+506 256 5060
Fax:
+506 256 5262
Email: uweinstok@weinstok.co.cr
URL:
www.weinstok.co.cr
Busines Services:
http://www.weinstok.co.cr/businesslaw.html
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Aguilar Castilo Love
http://www.aguilarcastillolove.com/
Aguilar Castillo Love
Calle 7, Avenidas 7 y 9
número 751
San José
Tel: +506 222 3838
Fax: +506 222 9653
Email: jaq@johnaguilar.com
Website: www.aguilarcastillolove.com
Managing Partner: John Aguilar, Jr
Juan Carlos Castillo
Francisco Castillo
Number of partners worldwide:5
Number of other lawyers worldwide:13
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Here are British companies and international law firms with offices in
Britain that should have expertise in these matters. I especially draw
your attention to Harris Hagan law firm, which specializes only in
gambling law.
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International Law Firms:
Addleshaw Goddard
http://www.addleshawgoddard.com/www/index.asp?title=Our+Services&m=1&nl=1&p=5&carea={093005F6-3FE4-4218-8348-CC2819BECB10}&l=1&pg=8
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Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
http://www.blplaw.com/
On BLP's client page, they list clients such as Paradise Poker and
Gaming VC Holdings.
Here is a conference on gaming led by one of their attorneys:
http://www.e-comlaw.com/summaries.asp?summary=summary_remotegambling
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Greenberg Traurig--
http://www.gtlaw.com/home.aspx
GT is based in the US but has a London office and has represented
Paradise Poker in previous court appearances.
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Harris Hagan--
http://www.harrishagan.com/
"Harris Hagan is the first UK law firm specifically dedicated to
providing legal advice in all areas of the gaming industry in the UK
and overseas. With more than 30 years experience between them Julian
Harris and John Hagan are two of the most respected specialist
gambling law advisers in the UK and are recommended by all the leading
professional guides, including the Legal 500, Legal Business: Legal
Experts and Chambers and Partners Guide to the Legal Profession."
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Richards Butler LLP
London
http://www.richardsbutler.com/
Practice Areas:
http://www.richardsbutler.com/practice.php
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Poppleston Allen gaming licencing law firm
Based in Nottingham
http://www.popall.co.uk/Index.asp
Specific Information on Gaming:
http://www.popall.co.uk/Betting-Gaming-Licence.asp
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Lindsays
http://www.lindsays.co.uk/
Head office
Edinburgh
Caledonian Exchange
19A Canning Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8HE
Lindsays announces new office
http://www.firmmagazine.com/members/news.php?id=544
" Lindsays has announced a double whammy by opening a new Glasgow
office and appointing leading Liquor and Gambling specialist Joanna
Brynes from Boyds.
The six-strong Liquor and Gambling team, which is led by John Loudon,
one of Scotland?s most highly regarded experts in the field, is
notable for its wide-ranging service and first-class client base."
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Walker Morris
http://www.walkermorris.co.uk/content.aspx?id=332
Kings Court
12 King Street
Leeds LS1 2HL
DX: 12051 Leeds 24
Tel: (+44) 113 283 2500
Fax: (+44) 113 245 9412
hello@walkermorris.co.uk
"The Walker Morris Liquor, Betting & Gaming Team has achieved an
enviable reputation, in the area of both contentious and
non-contentious legal work. The team excels at giving technical yet
practical pro-active advice, taking into account the commercial
realities under which our clients operate. The team consists of two
Partner Advocates and a full support staff."
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Pinsent Masons
http://www.pinsentmasons.com/
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Clifford Chance--
based in London, a huge international law firm
http://www.cliffordchance.com/home/default.aspx
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Finally, the five largest accounting firms in the world are:
PricewaterhouseCoopers
http://www.pwcglobal.com/
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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/home/0%2C1044%2Csid%25253D2000%2C00.html
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Ernst & Young
http://www.ey.com/global/content.nsf/International/Home
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KPMG
http://www.kpmg.com/
These are known as the Big Four:
Wikipedia entry-- Big Four
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_auditors
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Grant Thornton
http://www.grantthornton.com/portal/site/gtcom/
Employee Board
http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/language/english/search/company/7373/
"Grant Thornton is the fifth largest accounting body in the world
after the big four."
Sources:
Business Directory
http://www.business.com/directory/small_business/getting_started/business_plans/consultants/
International Legal Guide Corporate Tax Law-- Costa Rica
http://www.iclg.co.uk/khadmin/Publications/pdf/512.pdf
International Legal Guide Costa Rica-- Pharmaceutical Advertising 2006
http://www.iclg.co.uk/khadmin/Publications/pdf/921.pdf
Chambers Global Guide--
Aguilar Castillo Love
http://www.chambersandpartners.com/global/FirmProfile.aspx?fid=91481&mode=firms&display=1
Intute Directory
http://www.intute.ac.uk/socialsciences/cgi-bin/search.pl?term1=betting&limit=0
Enablon Partners
http://www.enablon.com/_En/partners/index.html
Search terms:
on Google.com:
firms "create business plan"
"business planning firm"
paradise poker law firm
greenberg traurig
lindsays
pinsent masons
clifford chance
world's biggest accounting firms
deloitte world's largest accounting
fifth largest accounting company
on Google.co.uk:
costa rica offices law firm
costa rica offices lawyer
online gambling lawyer
harris hagan
richards butler
law firm gambling specialist
law firm gambling
If you need any additional clarification of my answer before rating,
let me know and I'll certainly be glad to assist you.
--keystroke-ga |