The stage of the investment will largely dictate what issues are most relevant to the investor, as well as the types of services that we seek to provide to the investor. This is the basic approach of our Foreign Direct Investment service line.
Investment timeline
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Planning expansion/relocation |
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| 2. |
Consider the competitive advantages of CE region |
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- Labor efficiencies
- Costs efficiencies
- Free access to the EU
- Growing local market
- Availability of investment incentives
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Select the most suitable country in CE region |
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- Czech Republic
- Hungary
- Poland
- Slovakia
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Choose the best location based on important factors |
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- Regional analysis
- Access to your market – infrastructure
- Availability of workforce
- Industrial parks/office space
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| 5. |
Set up a legal entity for your investment |
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- Legal structure
- Tax structure
- Investment incentive procedure
- HR issues
- Customs issues
- VAT issues
- Payroll/bookeeping issues
- Financing
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Continue with your operational phase |
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- Compliance with local laws
- Business modeling
- Business relationship management
- Group transaction
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Plan further expansion of your production services |
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Based upon our understanding of the foreign investor’s investment, we try to pin-point where they stand on the investment timeline. We can then focus our attention on the issues we think are most relevant to the foreign investor right now. We have prepared a high-level summary of certain issues (see right) to give you an idea as to where you may need to focus. We have also indicated how we feel we can be of assistance.
The most relevant start-up issues
Some of the most relevant issues facing a foreign investor during the start-up period are:
- Structuring the investment
- Establishing a legal entity to do business
- Determining the availability of investment incentives
- Analysing business processes from a customs and VAT perspective
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