Gosselin Law  ~ Law ~~  USA - Boston

                    ~ IT – Environment – Biotechnology - General Business

Activity : Full service law firm focused on the needs of entrepreneurs doing business in both the US and France. An experienced team of full bilingual attorneys guides clients through incorporation, partnership agreements, financing, tax, accounting, immigration, disputes, contract review and general representation. With offices in Boston and Paris and deep contacts in both the US and French investor communities, Gosselin Law is uniquely positioned to assist companies with expansion plans in France.

Cabinet Maxence Marsin ~ Law ~~ FRANCE-Paris

                           ~  IT/General Business

Activity: Strategic and legal assistance (contracts, intellectual property and corporate law) to innovating companies.

RMKB      ~ Law  ~~ USA- California

                 ~ IT/Env./Biotech/General Business

Activity : Francois Laugier is a corporate transactions and international attorney who specializes in technology transactions while still advising clients in commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Based in Silicon Valley for the past 20 years, Francois helps entrepreneurs , investors and companies build, finance and sell their US or foreign operations, and get past every legal challenge they encounter along the way. He has handled numerous cross-border acquisitions and equity financings and brought many companies from their inception to successful exits for founders and investors alike. Francois advises companies in all aspects of corporate law, including entity formation, equity financing, technology licensing, corporate structure inversions ("flips"), mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, stock options, employment, commercial leasing, intellectual property protection, negotiation and drafting of virtually any business contract.                     
François is admitted to practice in California , Washington D.C., and in the European Union. He is a partner, and an elected director of RMKB, a 120-attorney law firm with offices in California (4) New York (1) Boston (1) and affiliates in Paris and Hong-Kong. Francois was recently noted by the San Francisco Bay Area Lawyer Magazine as one of the "Top lawyers in the Bay Area" for mergers and acquisitions.

Nancy E. Muenchinger, Esq. ~ Law   ~~ USA - Boston

                                             ~  IT

Activity : Counsel to U.S., French and European companies and entrepreneurs in technology related matters. Member of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut (USA) bars; Avocat au Barreau de Paris since 1994. Particular expertise in intellectual property protection, Internet, information technology, privacy law, consumer law, telecommunications and governmental regulations.

MEDNEST  ~MeTech Business-Clinical Operations~~Princeton-Boston-Minneapolis

               ~  Medical Technologies

Activity : Business and Clinical Operations outsourced services, including Regulatory, Clinical, Healthcare Economics, Market Access and business partnership executive coaching.  Sectors: Medical Technologies, Device, Diagnostics and Healthcare Information Systems.  mednest.com / Tweeter

France Immigration  ~ Administration - Immigration  ~~ France

                                 ~  General Business

Activity : France Immigration specializes in administrative immigration formalities for businesses. We manage the entire administrative process until obtainment of the immigration documents and provides easy step-by-step instructions:

 - Proactive documents collection from HR and administrations

 - Preparation of the application files according to appropriate procedures

 - Assistance and counseling to write declarations

 - Correspondence and follow-up

 - Management of translations and document certifications

 - Appointments made with administrations

 - Accompaniments to the administrations for collection of final permits and certificates

Laurence Raybois Consulting ~  Administration  - Relocation  ~~ France

                                              ~  General Business

Activity : Assistance with non-business aspects of relocating to France, such as housing, helping spouse of YEI laureate determine employment options, helping identify school options for children

Crystal Finance~   Finance      ~~ USA-Boston

                           ~   General Business

Activity : Crystal Group, founded in 1992, offers tailor made wealth management solution to French people living in the US. Headquartered in Montpellier, with 40 people, including assets engineering experts, is the back office of near 90 advisors spread all over the world that looks after more than 9 000 customers worldwide. We advise people regarding their current financial situation and their project. Our expertise help us to advise our customers on several areas, such as life insurance (retirement plan), health insurance (for European people living in the US and US people planning a trip in France), real estate investment (whether for rental or investment purposes), credit (support in financing or refinancing operations), advises on investment, and helping them with succession. We can also provide patrimonial engineering consultancy in order to offer complete global asset management solutions, adapted to environmental changes with a personalized follow-up.

Marie Landel & Associates  ~  Finance, Management, Administration  ~~ USA-Boston

                                         ~   General Business

Activity : outsourced services for small companies.

Auvalie   ~  Finance    ~~ France

              ~General Business

Activity : AUVALIE is a French consultancy company, whose goal is to help its clients (individuals, SMEs…) to finance innovative projects. To achieve this goal, we provide value-added competences in Finance, Science, Management (among many others) thanks to experienced consultants. These competences allow us to get access and knowledge about mostly all financial plans, in France (Research Tax Credit, Young Innovative Companies or OSEO subisidies for example) or across Europe (especially subsidies like CIP or FP7 granted by the European Union).
We help innovative companies to identify the best financial opportunities and to build technical and administrative files that answer all the criteria defined. Then, once the subsidy is granted, we help to manage the project (in its technical and financial parts) in order to pass the controls from the commissions (following of the expenses, of the different steps of the projects, of the publications, of the intellectual property rights…).

Offer : Through face to face or videoconference, we offer a ½ day training session so the entrepreneurs get a better understanding of the financial opportunities for their project in France.

VBA International     ~     Finance, Management/HR, Administration  ~~  France

                                        ~     General Business

Activity : Part time Office Management/HR, Finance, Sales & Marketing, Helping to build CIR/JEI applications. 

Pensero Group      ~  Financial model       ~~   USA-Boston

                                  ~   Biotechnology

Activity: Pensero Group provides small and medium sized enterprises with customized Business Intelligence, Financial Analysis, and Financial Reporting solutions. Our services range from standard financial reporting to high level financial forecasting, research, and analysis.

Venator Partners     ~   Marketing    ~~ USA- Boston

                                   ~    IT/Env./General Business

Activity: Venator Partner@ is an executive search and advisory services firm found in 1995 with offices in Boston, Denver, Washington, and Israel. We bring deep expertise in the sector we serve and the solutions we deliver, which enable us to directly impact our clients’ business performance. My professional experience spans more than 25 years of involvement in Sales, Marketing, Business Development and General Management in the networking, security, system management, and software infrastructure sectors. I am a serial entrepreneur and a hi-tech executive. Altogether, we provide executive search, mid-tier recruitment and advisory board services for hi-tech, hi-growth companies in a global context.

Koans            ~   Market and Strategy advices      ~~ France

                        ~   General Business

Activity : strategy and development for innovative companies

Hubtech21 Inc   ~ Marketing - Management         ~~  USA - Boston

                            ~   IT Env BioTech Optic/photonics

Activity : Hubtech21 is a professional service provider that specializes in helping innovative technology companies establish a presence and operations in transatlantic markets as quickly and effectively as possible. We provide emerging growth companies clients in the Life Sciences, Optics/Photonics, Defense & Security, and Software sectors with a range of customizable service packages, from pre-market prospecting and logistics services to full operations and funding development support. Hubtech21 operates in Boston, San Francisco and Paris.

Smart Analysis    ~ Marketing- Management      ~~ FRANCE – Ile de France

                       ~ IT

Activity: SMART ANALYSIS is a specialized consulting company providing the entire assistance and services to international IT companies wishing to launch and develop operations in France : Sales and Marketing consultancy, logistic assistance, external growth, M&A management.

Offer: upon the quality of the project, special discounts on market survey, on partnership and alliance implementation, free advice on sales strategy to enter the French market

ComStella      ~  Communication-Marketing          ~~  FRANCE

                    ~ IT

Activity: Multilingual communications for technology companies (IT specialization, MARCOM-oriented)

Offer: 20% discount off standard prices

Melcion, Chassagne & Co ~Finance-Management~~USA Boston Chicago San F/France

                                            ~  General Business

Activity: Advisors to entrepreneurs: board members, governance, deal structuring, financial engineering, strategy, etc...

Offer: Free initial 2 hours consultation; support through Entrepreneurs Commons if in City where chapter is available