It is July and quite natural to think that the French Open (Tennis Grand Slam) is over. But when World Trade Center – Bengaluru | Chennai | Kochi invited for a Webinar ”𝐃𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞” it was attractive especially considering that I hail from hashtag#Puducherry (erstwhile Pondicherry) called as the “Window of French culture in India” by our first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru. The webinar had many experts espousing and elucidating several aspects of doing business in France and it was well established that 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐇 (are) 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 continuously for business!

The speakers covered a broad range of topics which could be summarized under

𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬
·       Societal role of the company beyond the economic and commercial (cultural, social, environmental)
·       Communication structures being Pyramidal and formalism
·       Innovation
·       Language barriers
·       Gaining foothold and deepening is about 4-5 years

𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 – 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞
·       France advantages – Strategic connect to London, Brussels, Amsterdam
·       10bn Euros into Startups last year
·       Demographics and the associated Buyers Psychology
·       Importance of Survey / Staff / Travel
·       Trade Fair Participation

𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥, 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐱𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
·       Corporate Structuration
·       Buying a Business Unit or Buying a company, Establishing a company
·       Incorporating a Subsidiary
·       Intellectual Property
·       Tax Structures
·       Capital Company Regime / Partnership Regime
·       French With Holding Tax, Double Taxation Elimination
·       French Transfer Pricing Requirements

C’est va bien! Bernard QUINET, Agnes GOMES and other speakers

Merci beacoup for organizing! Vivek George, Nicholas Beaty, Yogabalaram D (YBR) and other WTC