In this post on How to win more work from an international law firm alliance, John Grimley uses the alliance between the UK's Bird & Bird and South Korean firm Hwang Mok Park (HMP) to highlight the potential attractiveness — as well as pitfalls — of international law firm marketing alliances.The logic for this tie - up, like most similar ones, is clear, as The Lawyer detailed at the time: «[South Korea's increasing importance as a source
of outbound investment] and a legal services market that is opening up to the west».
After she finished her master in Civil and commercial Law, Gina worked as a government official in the taxation and revenue bureau in China, and later as a general manager
of outbound investment and capital market finance projects.
Not exact matches
According to the Chinese Ministry
of Commerce, China's
outbound investment has soared in the last decade.
Over the next five years, this nation alone will import US $ 8 trillion worth
of goods, attract $ 600 billion
of foreign
investment, make $ 750 billion in
outbound investment, and send Chinese tourists on 700 million overseas visits.
«It slowed down immensely,» he says, but he expects that will change following the Communist Party's recent Congress and the release
of its statement on where it wants to see
outbound foreign
investment.
Estimates
of Chinese
outbound investment over the next decade run as high as $ 2.5 trillion, a rich source
of advisory fees in the United States.
According to CBRE, Asian
investment in European hotels will reach US$ 22.7 billion in 2015, fueled by the liberalization
of domestic controls governing
outbound investment.
Chinese
investments in the US, however, are already down 67 % in the first three quarters
of 2017 compared to 2016, according to Daniel Rosen
of the Rhodium Group — a decline driven by Chinese restrictions on
outbound M&A and by the new US political landscape.
According to HubSpot, almost half
of marketers said inbound gave a higher return - on -
investment, while only 12 % reported
outbound did (41 %
of respondents could not answer or did not know).
A report last year by KPMG and the University
of Sydney showed that Australian agribusiness drew just 1 per cent
of China's
outbound direct
investment in 2014.
«Access to air travel is essential to business, commerce and industry in providing access to markets (especially emerging markets in Asia and South America); it supports economic development, inward
investment and regeneration; it is vital to employment in terms
of a range
of direct and indirect jobs; it supports inbound /
outbound tourism.»
The signing, which was part
of the Ningbo Major
Investment Projects Signing Ceremony organized by the Ningbo Municipal People's Govt, involved a total
of $ 3.7 b worth
of investments in 31 projects out
of which $ 1.4 b was for
outbound investments with The Kwara Chitex Industrial Park being the only Nigerian bound.
«With a projected
investment in the hospitality sector in Iraq expected to amount to billions
of dollars, Iraq travel representatives have an opportunity to inform the international and regional travel trade about opportunities for inbound and even
outbound travel, looking ahead.»
In late July
of 2017, Chinese governmental agencies released their updated «list» on restricted and permitted
outbound investments.
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Other than keeping busy with Chinese state - owned enterprise restructurings,
outbound real estate asset deals and foreign theme park
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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe is planning to open in Africa next year in a bid to tap Chinese
outbound investment into the country and bolster its existing African practice, run out
of Paris.
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of inbound and
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Inbound and
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of experience
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outbound investment.
Our economy is robust, with strong inbound and
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outbound trade and
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According to the latest research from CBRE, global real estate continues to serve as an attractive asset class for investors, with Asian
outbound investment into the sector posting significant year - on - year gains in the first half
of 2017.
According to CBRE, Asian
investment in European hotels will reach US$ 22.7 billion in 2015, fueled by the liberalization
of domestic controls governing
outbound investment.
The United States remains the principal place for Chinese
outbound capital with the United States taking approximately USD10 billion
of total Chinese inbound
investment,
of which approximately USD4.37 billion is invested in commercial properties.
These funds will serve as
investment vehicles for institutional investors and pension funds struggling with low interest rates and are expected to attract a large volume
of capital into
outbound real estate
investment.