IFLR – China outbound Report | France: Land of opportunities
IFLR – China outbound Report | France: Land of opportunities
France remains one of the most popular destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Europe, with targets ranging from luxury goods to high tech companies. Chinese FDI in France remained stable in 2019 while overall Chinese FDI in Europe decreased quite significantly.
The impact of the Covid-19 crisis is obviously hard to assess to assess at this stage but it is likely to result in a lot of restructuring and M&A activities. Some French companies will be on the verge of bankruptcy and others will have to refocus on their core business and divest non-core activities.
In their latest article for the IFLR’s China outbound Report, Raphaël Chantelot, Fanny Nguyen, Hubert Bazin and Nicolas Vanderchmitt, Partners at LPA-CGR avocats review the jurisdiction’s investment advantages.