The phrase
"foreign firms" refers to companies or businesses that are based in a different country than the one being discussed.
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Members of our international team have developed longstanding and trusted relationship
with foreign firms who they can call upon, when necessary, for advice on local judicial rules and other matters.
As the Chinese public becomes more vocal about consumer rights advocacy, does this spell trouble
for foreign firms operating on the mainland?
They include
allowing foreign firms to invest in trust companies, financial leasing, auto finance and consumer finance, plans that were announced last year.
These challenges are sizeable, but dreams of future returns have encouraged
many foreign firms to endure them.
The main challenge is that in cases of this nature it is necessary to work with
other foreign firms and investigation companies.
What politician would defend to local constituents a bailout package
where foreign firms directly benefit from the expenditure of domestic tax dollars?
They are of immense benefit not only to market participants and
foreign firms looking to enter the Australian market, but also to regulators, academics and students.
Foreign firms take note - criticism from MPs means you have to pay more tax than you're legally obligated to.
Critics say the new rules will raise costs disproportionately
for foreign firms, force them to surrender source code, and give Chinese regulators unprecedented access to their data and technologies.
Some Chinese infant formula companies have started forming partnerships
with foreign firms to try to boost brand recognition and gain technical know - how.
China has the world's third - largest bond market, after the United States and Japan, but it has only recently been tapped
by foreign firms as a significant
After conciliatory remarks by Chinese President Xi Jinping promising to announce plans to open China's economy, including lowering tariffs for cars and enforcing the legal intellectual property and technology transfers
of foreign firms in the country.
For many
foreign firms in China, the business environment isn't what it used to be.
A free - trade advocate, Macron let several national corporate champions be taken over by
foreign firms as a minister.
The EU is frustrated by the exclusion of
foreign firms from China's services and government procurement markets, by restrictions on foreign investment and uncertainties about the rule of law.
Exchanges like BTCX India and Unocoin flourished in 2014, and been joined by
foreign firms like Australia's Igot to target the Indian market, as well as its ex-pat workforce abroad.
Favours equal stake for partners in insurance JVs post IPO so
foreign firm doesn't have majority stake
The Firm is part of the LexAfrica network, which allows it relationships with
foreign firms such as Werksmans in South Africa
And government largely controls major areas of the economy, making Russia a greater challenge for
foreign firms seeking to do business in the country.
Although current Indian law does not
permit foreign firms to open offices in India, firms like Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy are hiring Indian lawyers for their foreign offices.
India will not tolerate
foreign firms using social media to influence its elections, the country's information and technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said.
U.S. residents do in fact earn more on their assets than they pay on their liabilities, and U.S. firms operating abroad earn a higher rate of return than do
foreign firms operating in the United States.
The question of corporate nationality has arisen recently, in relation to the matter of corporate «inversions,» or «transactions in which American corporations [for example] move their tax residency abroad by being «bought» by
smaller foreign firms, in order to reduce their [for example] American corporate tax bills.»
Without direction from government, the companies will simply use their cash - back from the US Commerce Department to buy even
more foreign firms.
Several foreign firms have expressed interest in bidding for the battery company, including China's Wanxiang Group Corp., Germany's Siemens AG and Japan's NEC Corp..
One year after the CBA Futures Report, the debate over ABS still rages on and appears to be the most contentious issue, even
while foreign firms state they're eyeing our territory for opportunities.
Last month we wrote about the latest annual edition of the RSG India Report, featuring rankings of the top 40 law firms in India and the leading
foreign firms active in India.
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According to the agreement designed by Indian Government,
if foreign firms are paid by the Indian Government in the form of royalties (After March 31st, 1961 and before April 1st, 1976)
Although foreign lawyers can circumvent the ban
on foreign firms by taking the local exams and registering with the Mozambique Bar Association, Pinto Basto says this «is very difficult», and does not foresee any opening up of the legal market: «Mozambique is a very young country, it does not want to have foreigners, especially foreign law firms, integrated into the Mozambican Bar Association».
The Chinese Communist Party further tightened access to its 751 million Internet users this year by passing new laws that
require foreign firms to store data locally and to comply with data surveillance measures.
When the growth does pick up and go through the roof, there will be many
foreign firms here.»
The new International Energy Exchange (INE) in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone has admitted more than 150 Chinese futures companies and is
registering foreign firms to trade an oil - futures contract denominated in renminbi, according to a client bulletin from Linklaters in Hong Kong.
The 2010 Dodd - Frank bill, for example, requires that all U.S. and
foreign firms reporting to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclose payments made to any government for the commercial development of natural resources.
Yes, but at a cost: Higher accounting costs, particularly for smaller firms, more firms going private, and
fewer foreign firms listed in the US.
While, as an international lawyer notes, «20 years ago [
foreign firms] focused mostly on supporting the China operations of their clients from Europe or the United States,» building relationships and trust at Chinese companies so that they can be involved in future outbound investment transactions seems to be the new motivation.
Along with White & Case, the other
foreign firms who received QFLP licenses were Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, Herbert Smith, Latham & Watkins and Norton Rose.
On Sunday, China pledged to undertake market reforms, treat domestic and
foreign firms equally, and protect intellectual property rights.