Webinar June 2nd: PPP Forgiveness, Challenges and Considerations for Reopening Illinois Worksites Related to COVID-19

International Management Solutions in association with the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) and with the support of Thorelli & Associates is organizing an interactive webinar: PPP Forgiveness, Challenges and Considerations for Reopening Illinois Worksites Related to COVID-19. 

The purpose of this webinar is to help businesses assess the challenges of reopening worksites in Illinois, as well as the impact of Coronavirus on their US operations or their plans for US expansion. This webinar is also an opportunity to get information on the PPP loan forgiveness.

Tuesday, June 2nd at 9 a.m. CDT 

The format 

The meeting will be hosted on Microsoft Teams and run for approximately 1 hour.

Please note that there are options to ask questions both live during the webinar and to get in touch with the experts afterward for private meetings free of charge.

Topics for discussion will include: 

• Support and Services offered by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to Illinois companies during Covid 19, which include subsidiaries of foreign parent companies. Specific assistance available and reopening considerations in Illinois.
• PPP loan forgiveness
  The conditions of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the criteria to be met for the loans to be forgiven.
• U.S. reopening legal issues 
  Key employment law issues that employers should be aware of as they move forward with reopening.

The webinar will be moderated by: 

Sharon L. Stead, Managing Director, State of Illinois European Office 

Sharon has worked for the State of Illinois in Brussels since 1984 and has been the Managing Director of the State’s European office since January 2003. As part of her role she pro-actively promotes Illinois and helps to develop and implement its marketing strategy in Europe.

With the special participation of: 

Erika oversees the day to day operations of 40 centers located throughout the state of Illinois. She will discuss the “Support and Services offered by DCEO to Illinois companies during Covid 19”.

Meet the experts: 

Antoine Guillaud, Founding President of International Management Solutions, Advisor to the French Ministry of Foreign Commerce

Antoine is an Expert Comptable with more than 25 years of experience assisting foreign companies establish themselves in the US market.

Michael Richter, Managing Partner, International Attest Solutions, LLC

Michael has more than 20 years of experience in the audit of US subsidiaries of foreign companies, especially with French and German concerns.

Tom Thorelli, law firm Thorelli & Associates

Tom Thorelli is a French-speaking US lawyer with thirty years of experience working with small- to medium-sized European companies in minimizing legal risk when doing business in the United States