France’s acquirer-friendly insolvency laws make it an attractive destination for Indian corporates in search of acquisitions.

This article is published in the April 2009 issue of India  Business law Journal.

by Francois Montrelay, Ulrike Heidegger and Stéphane Béraud (1). This article details some practical and legal aspects for an Indian buyer to successfully complete the acquisition of a distressed company in France. French insolvency Law includes the potential transfer (sale) of some or all of the assets of an insolvent Company to a 3rd party. This is called a Transfer Plan.Though it is a relatively simple process, acquiring a distressed company must take legal procedures and time frames into account. It also requires the establishment of a relationship and dialogue with several business and institutional stakeholders.

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On January 27th, Francois Montrelay delivered a conference at the Management Institute of Rennes on how an Indian partnership can help a medium-scale software provider scale its operations and access new markets.

Francois' key point is that when two companies do not deepen their partnership enough, they tend to marginally benefit from the relationship and use excuses such as cultural gap or different organization styles on both sides of the partnership. Key to the success of a partnership is that it is at the centre of a collaboaration between two companies: As much as possible should be transfered to the partnership that should be used as the cornerstone of the development of the two companies. An empowered partnership creates growth and takes accountability for solving issues and problems while a marginal partnership is not strong enough to yield tangible results. See the full presentation here (in French)

by Francois Montrelay, Managing Partner, P2P Consultants. CEOs can create value for their clients and shareholders by adopting the right level of innovation and differentiate with service. Based on a real client example, the article shows how CEOs can manage value creation and overcome resistance to change to turn every employee into a "crafts person of value creation".

Francois Montrelay addresses the Economic Change Forum on Fund Raising Challenges.

Francois Montrelay addressed an audience of 200 business owners, CEOs, Venture Capitalists and journalists on October 1st, 2008 (1). He explained the challenges a CEO faces when raising funds, mostly from a cultural standpoint.
The role of the CEO is critical as he’s the one person who attracts investors at the end of the day. The way he sees things and organizes himself can make difference.

 Addressing a French SME audience on October 17th, Francois Montrelay explained how companies can take advantage of the size of the country, its huge reservoir of skills and low-cost labour. (In French). Read more

India at a glance, political environment, economics, investment environment

 1. INDIA AT A GLANCE

• 5,000 year old ancient civilization, world’s largest democracy.
• 1.1 billion population; GDP $1,131 Billion (GDP growth rate 8%).
• Largest English speaking nation in the world; 18 official languages, 325 languages, 1,652 dialects.
• 3.28 million sq. kilometers – Area; 29 states, 5 union territories; 7,516 kilometers – Coastline.
• 5600 dailies, 15000 weeklies, 20000 periodicals in 21 languages, combined circulation 142 million.
• 2nd largest pool of scientists and engineers in the world.
• 3rd largest standing army force, over 1.5Million strong.
• World’s largest movies industry producing over 800 films / year.
• Natural resources: coal (fourth largest reserves in the world), iron ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromites, natural gas, diamonds, petroleum, limestone, arable land.
• Religions: Hindu 80.5 %, Muslim 13.4 % per cent, Christian 2.3 %, Sikh 1.9 %.
• 35% of Silicon Valley start-ups are run by Indians.
• In the USA: 38% of doctors in the USA and 12% of scientists are Indians
• 36% of NASA scientists, 34% of Microsoft employees, 28% of IBM employees, 17% of INTEL scientists, 13% of XEROX employees… are Indians.

by Francois Montrelay, Managing Partner, P2P Consultants. Many Fashion Apparel & Textile companies—particularly those with a large network of stores—are well underway in terms of streamlining their supply chain and optimising sales forecasts and distribution. They are now looking for ways to enhance revenues and market share by adopting modern ways of managing stores and inventory. RFID has now become a centrepiece in their strategic thinking. Some companies are also stepping up the process into actual implementation. The article focusses on how this develops.

This article was originally published by TAGSYS RFID, the global leader in item-level RFID (click here)