Foreign Direct Investment

The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in any country abroad is the net inflow of investment (capital or other), in order to acquire management control and profit sharing (10% or more voting stock) or the whole ownership of an accredited company operating in the country receiving investment. The foreign direct investment generally encompasses the transfer of technology and expertise, and participation in the joint venture and management. Highly productive advantages of foreign direct investment have been constantly being harvested by both governmental and private companies and organizations of all over the world. The foreign direct investment is profitable both to the country receiving investment (foreign capital and funds) and the investor. For the investor company FDI offers an exclusive opportunity to enter into the international or global business, new markets and marketing channels, elusive access to new technology and expertise, expansion of company with new or more products or services, and cheaper production facilities. While the host country receives foreign funds for development, transfer of new profitable technology, wealth of expertise and experience, and increased job opportunities. Owing to the ever-increasing globalization of businesses of almost all sectors, liberalization of trade policies, and loosening of foreign investment restrictions, the foreign direct investment (FDI) has been quite revolutionary and vital for faster economic growth of most of the developing and developed countries of all across the world for last few decades. Supported by refinement in the information and telecommunication technology, and the increasing trend of Mergers and Acquisitions, the FDI is to receive tremendous impetus in various sectors in the future times to come, especially in the developing countries of the world. It has been observed that more than two-thirds (2/3th) of direct foreign investment is made in infrastructure, commercial and residential buildings, machinery, equipment, mines, and land.

Foreign Direct Investment in India

The fast and steadily growing economy of India in majority of its sectors, has made

India one of the most famous and popular destinations in the whole world, for Foreign Direct Investment. India's ever-expanding markets, liberalization of trade policies, development in technology and telecommunication, and loosening of diverse foreign investment restrictions, have further collectively made India, the apple of investors' eye, for most productive, profitable, and secure foreign investment. According to a recent survey by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), India has conspicuously emerged out as the second most popular and preferable destination in the entire world, after China, for highly profitable foreign direct investment. In recent years, bulk of the foreign direct investment in indian business sectors of infrastructure, telecommunication, information technology, computer hardware and software, and hospitality services, have been made by investors of countries like US, UK, Mauritius, Singapore, and many others. Global Jurix, one of the leading full-fledged legal organizations of India with global repute, has been helping companies, business corporations, organizations, and other potential investors of countries all around the world, in making foreign direct investment in indian business sectors, in various ways described in the section below.

FDI Law Practice India

The foreign direct investment in indian business sectors, can easily be made in a variety of ways, through the Governmental and Automatic Routes. However, the Joint Ventures are the most popular and preferred forms of making investment in Indian industry. At present, the most lucrative business sectors for FDI in India are, Infrastructure (Power, Steel, Railways, etc.); Telecommunications; Hospitality sector; Education; Retail; Real Estate; Retail sector, Petroleum and Petroleum Products; Biotechnology; Alternative Energy, etc. Global Jurix can help well-rounded the foreign investors of all class and categories for getting highly lucrative and secure FDI in India, through providing the following legal services reliably and economically:

Company Formation and Company Law services Establishment of Joint ventures Corporate and Commercial Law services For making all mandatory Compliances Drafting all requisite Contracts, Agreements, and other Documents Setting up Subsidiaries Tax Planning Project Finance Dispute Resolution Private Equity And, other legal services for FDI in India.

FDI - Inbound and Outbound

The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), anywhere in all across the world, is elaborately and impeccably advised, supported, and well-facilitated by Global Jurix. With its well-established and organized offices in major countries of all around the globe, Global Jurix has been providing a rather wide range of diverse legal services for FDI, in a large number of developed and developing countries. Our well-learned, informed, and experienced corporate lawyers and attorneys have enriched expertise for providing excellent foreign investment law services in most of the fast-growing and stable economies of the world, including US, India, UK, France, Gulf countries, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Germany, Canada, China, and others. Both Inbound and outbound fdi services are extended for each of these economies, through our well-connected legal organization with worldwide network and liaison. Companies, industries, organizations, corporations, multi-national conglomerates, and potential investors of varied sectors, etc., of both the governmental and private sectors, doing business in the fields of Infrastructure, Energy and Power, Oil and Gas, Telecommunications, Real Estate and Construction, Industrial Production, Joint Ventures, Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology Transfers, Foreign Collaborations, Capital Markets, Engineering, Technology, Information Technology, Computer Hardware and Software, and so on, have been our satisfied and loyal clients so far.

Foreign Investment (Inbound & Outbound) Law Services

Providing satisfactory legal services for FDI, is no simple and easy task. It essentially requires comprehensive knowledge, experience, and expertise, in most of the foreign investment law services, in accordance with the field, national and international rules & regulations, mandatory compliances, current business and capital market trends, and a keen acumen for overall safety and profitability. We provide elegant, reliable, and economical foreign investment law services, under the

following categories:

Company Formation and Establishment Joint Ventures Foreign Investment in all above mentioned sectors of commerce and economy Corporate Law Services Mergers & Acquisitions (M & A) All Contractual Delegations relating to FDI All regulatory and mandatory compliances Capital Markets Foreign Collaborations and Technology Transfer Wise and expert advice over FDI, for the best possible results.

Foreign Direct Investment in Retail

The Retail Industry is the sector of economy which is consisted of individuals, stores, commercial complexes, agencies, companies, and organizations, etc., involved in the business of selling or merchandizing diverse finished products or goods to the enduser consumers directly and indirectly. Goods and products of the retail industry or sector, are the finished final objects/products of all sectors of commerce and economy of a country. The Retail sector of India is vast, and has huge potential for growth and development, as the majority of its constituents are un-organized. The retail sector of India handles about $250 billion every year, and is expected by veteran economists to reach to $660 billion by the year 2015. The business in the organized retail sector of India, is to grow most and faster at the rate of 15-20% every year, and can reach the level of $100 billion by the year 2015. Here, it is noteworthy that the retail sector of India contributes about 15% to the national GDP, and employs a massive workforce of it, after the agriculture sector. India's growing economy with a rate of approximately 8% per year, makes its retail sector highly fertile and profitable to the foreign investors of all sectors of commerce and economy, of all over the world. Global Jurix, a full-fledged legal organization prominent worldwide, provides all-encompassing services and advice for most lucrative and secured fdi in

indian retail sector.

FDI in Retail India

AT Kearney (a globally famous international management consultancy) recognized India as the second most alluring and thriving retail destination of the world, among other thirty growing and emerging markets. At present, other profitable retail destinations of the world are China and Dubai of Asia. Diverse foreign direct investment in indian retail is greatly cherished by most of the major and leading retailers of USA and European countries, including Walmart (USA), Tesco (UK), Metro (Germany), and Carrefour (France). Liberalization of trade policy and loosening of barriers and restrictions to the foreign investment in the retail sector of India, have collectively made the fdi in retail sector quite easy and smooth. Our services are easily and economically available for the following ways of fdi in indian retail. The fdi in india's retail business can be made through any of the following routes:

Joint Ventures Franchising Sourcing of Supplies from small-scale sector Cash and Carry Operations Non-Store Formats