In a speech two years ago the Indian politician Rahul Gandhi compared India with a beehive, a land buzzing of opportunities and potential that altogether form a huge economic power. Just coming back from his business trip to India, MERAR’s CEO Petko Karamotchev corroborates India’s enchanting energy and business spirit and adds that ...
MERAR Meets Make in India
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Managing The Soft Landing Of The Turkish Economy. Better Late Than Never
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Turkey’s GDP growth will slow down to a more sustainable 4% in 2012, down from 8.5% in 2011 and 9.0% in 2010. Driven by strong domestic consumption and private investments, Turkey seems to have no problems growing. The problem is the large current account deficit (10% of GDP) that is the result ...
Impact of the UK Bribery Act for CEE Investors – Managing Local Advisors & Consultants
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What are the implications of the UK Bribery Act 2010 for funds, companies and organizations operating in Central & Eastern Europe? The report is kindly provided to us by the Bulgarian office of Wolf Theiss - Central & Eastern Europe’s largest and also one of its most successful business law firms.
Failure to prevent advisors & consultants
The ...
4 Main Principles for Buying Real Estate in Albania
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All necessary information for obtaining real-estate in Albania including Basic Principles regarding the Real Estate Cadastre, General Requirements of the Purchase Contract, Necessary Permits, and Taxes. The article was kindly provided to us by the Bulgarian office of Wolf Theiss.
1) Basic Principles regarding the Real Estate Cadastre
Similar to other European countries, the acquisition ...
Key Issues with Mergers & Acquisitions in Bulgaria
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This publication was provided to Merar by our friends from DLA Paper back in 2010 and is intended to provide a brief overview of certain key issues likely to affect the structure and timing of mergers and acquisitions in Bulgaria.
It does not cover tax, EU or national competition issues (a wall-chart setting out merger ...
Renewable Energy in Russia - A Giant Yet To Be Awakened
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Although Russia has a global image of an oil and gas supplier, the overwhelming size of the country implies a strong development potential for all renewable energy resources as well and current trends of state policy in the sector look more and more attractive to investors, according to a research commissioned by the Merar Investment ...
Deloitte VC Industry Survey Supports Merar’s Choice of Geographical Focus (Part 2)
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Research findings confirm that Merar is strategically positioned to offer attractive opportunities to investors. In stark contrast to the gloomy sentiment of western VC firms, investors in the rapidly growing emerging economies of Asia and Latin America are markedly optimistic about their markets, according to the 2010 Global Venture Capital Survey of Deloitte and NVCA ...
Ernst & Young's 2010, European Attractiveness Survey
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The below presented Ernst & Young's 2010 European attractiveness survey is based on an original two step methodology that reflects Europe's real attractiveness for foreign direct investors. The analysis takes into account the economic recession in Europe and the rise of the BRIC countries, and discusses the related challenges and opportunities Europe is facing ...
The current report, kindly provided by Earnst & Young, aims at assisting companies from the consumer products sector to adapt to the new reality in Russia. The report provides an overview of recent economic and sector developments, critical success factors and recommendations.
Critical success factors
Pulling together some of the key themes from the meeting and ...
Business in Bulgaria
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If you are considering Bulgaria as a potential destination for your investments, you might be interested in checking out the current report providing useful information about doing business in Bulgaria.
The report is written by William Sullivan, a Fulbright Scholar in Bulgaria during 2009-2010, who was formerly Program Coordinator and Research Associate at the Center ...