For those countries that are members states of the Berne Convention and Universal Copyright Convention and for which newly acquired copyrights subsist, transfer of these copyright assets would be determined by the aforementioned Conventions. For copyrighted works subsisting in non-Convention states, copyright ownership needs to be transferred to the new owner in each jurisdiction where such rights are valid and subsisting. The parties should engage counsel familiar with the preparation of documents for submission to the local copyright offices and the varying local requirements that must be complied with in order to properly and expeditiously record the new owner of record.