iadvisory Seminar on Doing Business in Brazil

Brazil has a diversified economy offering great prospects for investment in all sectors: from infrastructure to telecommunications, from industry to agribusiness, from tourism to services. Experience has shown that foreign capitals invested there have yielded compensatory returns even when the economy is not bubbling with dynamism.

The fifth largest country in territorial extension, it covers an area in excess of 8.5 million square km and with a population of nearly 180 million. The GDP in the area of US$500 billion places its economy among the biggest in the world. Its economic stability, strengthening of political institutions and potential consumer market, place Brazil, among the emerging countries, as one of the principal focus to attract foreign capital

Join us at the iadvisory Seminar Series on Doing Business in Brazil and hear from the experts on how you can grow your business in Brazil.


Seminar Details

Date	Wednesday, 22 Jul 2009
Time	8.30am to 1.00pm
Venue	IE Singapore Little Red Dot Seminar Room 230 Victoria Street #10-00 Bugis Junction Officer Tower Singapore 188024
Fees Include seminar materials, tea break, and 1-to-1 business clinics	S$60 (Public) S$40 (ieConnect, ASME, SBF, SCCCI, SICCI, SICC, SMCCI, SMa and TDB-IE Society members)

Programme⁺

0830	Registration
0900	Welcome Address by Ms Azlina Sulaiman, Assistant Director, Enterprise Services Group, IE Singapore
0905	Opening Address by HE Paulo Alberto da Silveira Soares, Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil to Singapore
0915	General Overview and Market Opportunities in Brazil by Ms Cecilia Paifer, Legal Department Manager & Attorney in Law, BASKA Group BASKA will share on the trade movements in the past years as well as their views on areas of growth and opportunities in the food, petrochemicals, and furniture, textile & garment sectors. With their strength in delivering end-to-end logistics and experience doing business between Asia and Brazil, this session will provide us with good insight on the logistic network in Brazil for the import and distribution of goods.
0945	Market set-up and strategy to enter Brazil: Understanding Logistics, Import Duties, and Market Development initiatives information for Singapore exports by Mr Bill Twining, Regional Director, Asia, Via Global Network For this session, an overview of logistics with information on shipping times from Singapore to Brazilian ports, ports structure and location, import duties and the varying degree of duties with specific know-how to export your goods to Brazil will be shared. Mr Twining will also share on the market entry strategies with the considerations of office costs, market follow-ups, strong local partners and network for market penetration.
1015	Tea break
1040	Connecting Singapore companies to Global Experts: iadvisory Programme by Ms Joey Chua, Consultant, Advisory and Information Resources Division, IE Singapore
1100	Tax Structure of Brazil and Implications for Singapore Trade by Mr Frank Jansen, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young Solutions LLP The presentation will discuss typical tax structures and related tax issues on investing in Brazil. Common traps for the unwary and the important tax considerations that need to be identified up front will also be addressed. Related to this, the impact of Brazil's tax haven list on Singapore investments into Brazil will be assessed.
1130	Trade with Brazil: Understanding the benefits and challenges of doing business in Brazil by Mr Liew Yew Fah, Managing Director, PIN Corporation Pte Ltd With PIN Corporation's establishment and current undertakings in Brazil, Mr Liew would be sharing with us the type of business and working history with Brazil and the reasons why they have chosen the market. Examples of what they have gained from this fast growing market will also be shared. Participants can also listen up for some of the problems PIN Corporation faced, both in the past and present, and pick up key learning points to avoid these pitfalls for your ventures into Brazil.
1200	1-to-1 business clinics
1300	End

⁺ Programme is correct at time of print but subjected to change without notice.

** Registration for 1-to-1 business clinic with speakers will be conducted onsite on 22 Jul 2009 and each company is entitled to a 15-minute clinic session with each of the speakers. Slots are limited and on a first-come-first-served basis.


Speakers' Profile


Mr Bill Twining
Regional Director, Asia,
Via Global Network

Bill Twining was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He graduated University of Calgary, Alberta with a distinguished Bachelors Degree in International Relations, Pacific Rim focus. Post University Bill took a contract with the Canadian Department of International Trade to work in Shanghai, China. Working with various Mainland Chinese companies and continuing his study of Mandarin Chinese, Bill was integrally involved in establishing a stronger presence for Chinese firms into North America. Bill returned to Canada in 2006 to take a position with a growing International trade organization, Canada Export Centre, as Manager of Trade Services. Working directly with over 200 Canadian exporters to open new markets and generate more business overseas, and focus outside the United States.

Bill has moved to Singapore to establish VGNs presence in the Asia Pacific region. Working closely with the other directors of VGN, Bill is actively working to build stronger networks for Asian companies both in Brazil and the UAE.

Via Global Network (VGN) is an International Trade facilitating company with offices in Brazil and Singapore which has a platform to give Singapore companies an effective representation structure within the Brazilian market.

Representation encompasses an overseas marketing office, a non-compete principle (so VGN will not represent two competing organizations or products), a local, industry trained sales representative who is responsible for: generating sales channels through direct or indirect methods, project management of existing clients or distributors, following up generated leads, providing after service support to clients within Brazil, and to be a local presence for local companies to speak with on behalf of the overseas client.

VGN Representation in Brazil also includes a complete market penetration activity to overview the opportunities within the market and present to client, cultural attaché for sales trips to Brazil, be the cost and time effective Latin America headquarters for the organization, while having the local Singapore office allows for direct face to face access of the Singapore organization and VGN to be on top of all development.

VGN will be counted on to give a full solution to the Singapore companies interested in the Brazilian market for 2009 and beyond. We are confident in saying that the representation which we offer is unmatched in terms of: structure, established network, and cost and time-effectiveness of the solution to opening the market.

Mr Frank Jansen
Senior Manager, International Tax Services / Dutch Desk – Far East Area
Ernst & Young Solutions LLP


Mr Jansen has more than 7 years of cross-border tax experience with the Ernst & Young offices in Amsterdam, Chicago and more recently, Singapore. He is currently part of the International Tax Services practice for Ernst & Young in the Far East geographic area comprising of 15 local practices. He provides clients in South East Asia and Korea with international tax advice on investing in Europe and beyond through The Netherlands.

Mr Jansen's current focus includes providing tax advice to clients in South East Asia and Korea on investing in Europe and beyond through The Netherlands, assisting and advising clients on the international tax aspects of investment structuring for operating, holding, financing, licensing and M&A in the Asia Pacific region and working extensively with many U.S., European and Asian multinationals on providing comprehensive tax strategies and planning for investments into Asia Pacific and for investments from Asia Pacific into Europe. He connects into a global network of ITS professionals and has an all-round cross-border tax background that is well suited to serve global tax engagements for multinational companies.


Mr Jansen has written various articles on Dutch tax developments in international tax magazines and speaks on Dutch tax and business environment in the Asian region.

Mr Liew Yew Fah
Managing Director
PIN Corporation Pte Ltd

Mr Liew obtained his Mechanical Engineering education in Germany under the Scholarship sponsored by EDB (Economic Development Board) from 1974-1978.

After serving his 5 years bond with EDB in Singapore, he joined a local machine tool trading company and subsequently posted to Hong Kong as a Branch General Manager in 1987.

From 1989-1995 he was the Managing Director of a Spanish conglomerate based in Hong Kong, oversees the sales and marketing of it Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) system for the whole Asia Pacific region.

In 1996 Mr Liew returned to Singapore. He, his wife and 2 brother in-law established PIN Corporation Pte Ltd, a frozen meat importer, distributor and cold room logistic operator.

Mr Liew was awarded the "Special Mentioned Award" under The Entrepreneur of the Year 2006.



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Terms & Conditions
1. All prices are inclusive of 7% GST.
2. Payment is required with registration and must be received prior to the event to guarantee your seat. IE Singapore reserves the right to refuse entry if payment is not received prior to the event. Please make cheque payable to "IE Singapore" and send it to:
International Enterprise Singapore
230 Victoria Street #10-00
Bugis Junction Office Tower
Singapore 188024
Attention: Salmah Malim

3. As seats are limited, registrations will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis.
4. Full refund is applicable to unsuccessful applicants and for cancellation in which IE Singapore is informed at least 2 working days before the event date.

Date:
22/07/2009

For more information, please contact:
Organiser: IE Singapore
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Telephone no: 1800-IESPORE (437 7673)