Invitation to a Business Lunch:
India in Modi modus: What can foreign investors expect?

This year‘s Hanover Fair (Hannover-Messe) with India as its partner country will take place from 13 – 17 April 2015. India`s prime minister Narenda Modi will travel to Germany for the opening of the fair. On this occasion, Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner and Nishiti Desai Associates, one of the leading Indian law firms, would like to invite you to a business lunch with focus on India.

Place and Date:
16 April 2015, 12.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.
Kaiser-Joseph-Str. 284, 79098 Freiburg i.Br.
(Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner)

Speakers:

• Mr. M. Sevala Naik, Consul General of India, Munich

• Ms. Ruchi Biyani, Mr. Vyapak Desai; Ms. Simone Reis, Nishith Desai Associates, Munich & Mumbai

When Narendra Modi, India's first prime minister born after the country's independence, was sworn in on 26 May 2014 he promised “to take India's development journey to newer heights”. He also said, "Together we will script a glorious future for India. Let us together dream of a strong, developed and inclusive India that actively engages with the global community to strengthen the cause of world peace and development." End of February 2015, the Modi-led Government presented the Budget 2015-16 in Parliament, announcing bold and decisive measures like the reduction of basic corporate tax rate to be reduced from 30% to 25% over the next 4 years with a corresponding reduction in tax exemptions. Objective of the business luncheon is to scrutinize the environment and perspectives for foreign investors in India under Modi.

Hosts:
Baden-Württemberg: Connected e.V.
Friedrich Graf von Westphalen & Partner, Freiburg i.Br.        
German-Indian Round Table GIRT Freiburg
Kellerhals Anwälte, Basel / Bern / Zürich
Sparkasse Freiburg-Nördlicher Breisgau

We look forward to your registration:

by E-Mail to charlotte.kuerten@fgvw.de or
by Fax to 0761-21808-500.

Contact and further information:
Barbara Mayer