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The seventh annual Japan Australia Investment Report — Partners in Prosperity — released earlier this year by Herbert Smith Freehills and The Australian National University (ANU), revealed that Japanese foreign direct investment in Australia reached a new record high in 2023, totalling A$133.8 billion and representing 12% of all FDI in Australia. Investments occurred across a large number of sectors including real estate, energy, technology, financial services, consumer goods, infrastructure, housing and services.
In this exciting time for the resilient Japan-Australia investment relationship, join us to hear from the report's co-author Ian Williams, Senior Advisor at Herbert Smith Freehills, together with one of the law firm's Japanese client practice leaders; and Elizabeth Cox, General Manager North East Asia at the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade).
HSF and Austrade will provide an overview of the report, an update on the Japan-Australia M&A transactions and partnerships that have emerged in the first half of 2024, and a breakdown of the trends that are shaping the trajectory of the Japan-Australia relationship in 2024.
Event Details:
Date & Time: Wednesday 21 August 2024 | 3.00pm-5.00pm
Venue: Herbert Smith Freehills - Brisbane Office (Level 31, 480 Queen Street)
This is a hybrid event.
For in-person participants, the seminar will include business networking.
For those unable to join us in person, the event will be streamed online. Please join us at 3:30pm via the link below.
Agenda
Speakers
Elizabeth Cox
General Manager, North East Asia at Australian Trade and Investment Commission
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Elizabeth
Cox
General Manager, North East Asia at Australian Trade and Investment Commission
https://www.austrade.gov.au/en/about-austrade/our-team/our-trade-commissioners/elizabeth-coxElizabeth is General Manager, North East Asia for the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) and Minister (Commercial) at the Australian Embassy Japan. Elizabeth leads the Austrade North East Asia network, which includes offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Seoul and Ulanbaatar.
https://www.austrade.gov.au/en/about-austrade/our-team/our-trade-commissioners/elizabeth-cox
Ian Williams
Senior Adviser at Herbert Smith Freehills
https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/our-people/i/ian-williamsIan has advised over 150 Japanese companies and acted in more than 400 transactions. Clients include leading trading houses, banks, energy companies, consumer goods and manufacturing companies. After 20 years as a partner, Ian became a Senior Adviser of the firm in 2020. He continues to work with clients on complex and strategically important transactions and disputes, and supports the ongoing growth of HSF’s market-leading Japanese client services team.
Ian has written extensively and is regularly quoted on Japanese investment in Australia, the post-merger experience of Japanese companies and corporate governance in Japan and Australia.
According to Chambers and Partners, Ian has been highly praised for his ability to maintain excellent client relationships and "his level of commerciality is extremely high". He is ranked in Chambers Global in both Japan and Australia as a leading Corporate/M&A and Mining lawyer.
Ian speaks business level Japanese.
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