Pacific Alliance in Perspective: Opportunities & What to Consider When Investing (in Fukuoka)

Please join us for a complimentary afternoon forum focused on opportunities and key commercial and legal considerations for companies doing business in the Pacific Alliance countries.

Collectively, the Pacific Alliance countries of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, are the eighth largest economy in the world, comprise 38% of the GDP in Latin America, 50% of the total trade and 45% of all FDI to the region. The Pacific Alliance seeks to create an attractive economic bloc and a free-trade zone and is reshaping the economic landscape as one of its founding primary objectives is promoting trade and investment with the Asia-Pacific region.

Topics to be discussed, include:

• The Pacific Alliance’s regulatory framework;
• Access to markets and liberalization policies on goods, services, capital;
• Improvements of regulatory standards in e-commerce, finance, telecoms, healthcare and cosmetics;
• Opportunities in trade and major projects; and
• What can be expected from the Pacific Alliance going forward.

Free Private Consultation

Complimentary one-to-one meetings will be available in Tokyo and Fukuoka with members of Baker McKenzie, ProColombia, ProChile, ProMexico and MINCETUR-Peru and can be requested via the registration form if you wish to discuss select topics in more detail. Please also include any questions you would like covered at the forums in your registration form.

Registration

Tokyo Monday, 20 November 2017 14:00 – 19:30 Register Now

Fukuoka Wednesday, 22 November 2017 14:00 – 17:15 Register Now

We will accept registration until close of business on Monday 20 November 2017. However, space is limited, so please kindly RSVP at your earliest convenience to make sure you reserve your seat. If capacity is reached, attendance will be decided by lot.

If you experience any problems with the online registration system, please send your contact information, including your name, company name, title, address, telephone and fax numbers by e-mail.

Please also e-mail us with any further questions you may have about the conference.

Speakers

• the Embassy of Chile
• Embassy of Colombia
• Embassy of Mexico
• Embassy of Peru
• ProChile
• ProColombia
• ProMexico
• MINCETUR-Peru
• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Office in Asia
• Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
• Baker McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise)

Event Details

	Tokyo	Fukuoka
Program	Download PDF	Download PDF
Date	Monday, 20 November 2017	Wednesday, 22 November 2017
Time	14:00 to 19:30 (registration opens at 13:30 pm)	14:00 to 17:15 (registration opens at 13:30 pm)
Venue	Baker & McKenzie (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) Arkhills Sengokuyama Mori Tower, 28th Floor, 1-9-10 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032, Japan Map	Aqua Hakata, Room B 5F, 5-3-8, Nakasu, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, 810-0801, Japan Map
Fee	Complimentary (Registration is required for this event.)
Language	Japanese and  English-Japanese simultaneous
Contact	Tel: 03 6271 9900 (Contacts: Akiko Yamashita and Aya Wakami) email: seminar.tokyo@bakermckenzie.com