Understanding the challenges and maximising the opportunities
17th - 19th November 2008
Kigali, Rwanda
Standard Delegate fee:
£1450
Request brochure
Click here to request a PDF brochure via e-mail.
Africa in general and East Africa in particular, offers many opportunities for the enterprising international investor. However competition for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is high - and global. It is therefore important that business professionals, governmental decision makers and key technical support staff, including lawyers, accountants and bankers, have a strong understanding of the critical issues that affect Foreign Direct Investment into the region.
This intensive seminar will enhance thinking on the strategic way forward; providing delegates with the practical skills and transaction oriented advice needed to attract quality investment.
Delegates will be taken through the thinking process of Multi- National Corporations, examining issues key to them and discussing the opportunities and obstacles to doing business in various jurisdictions.The course will analyse existing mechanisms for attracting and retaining FDI and how best to use them, providing a basis for understanding and improvement in a dynamic and highly competitive environment.
This programme will be extremely useful to anyone wishing to increase their understanding of Foreign Direct Investment and will benefit parties on all sides of the process including:
Dr. Jorge Guira
Dr. Jorge Guira, Esq., BA, MA, JD, LLM, PhD (Lon) is a lecturer in International Economic and Financial Law at Warwick University, a visiting lecturer in Corporate Governance/Funds Management at the Warwick Business School and a Senior Fellow at the top-rated UK International Banking Law Centre - University of London, Queen Mary/CCLS. He has presented seminars on international investment and financial topics to bankers, lawyers and financiers internationally, both in the private sector and government (including investment agencies), as well as international financial institutions and central banks.
Previously employed by a top 20 US law firm, Dr. Guira now has his own consulting firm specialising in international banking, financial law and commercial matters. He has consulted for Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and many well known institutions and clients as to investment, governance, financial law, and banking issues. Dr Guira has served as Project Director for the IMF/World Bank on global legal reform projects.