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What are the main features of Australia’s tax system?

Australia has a comprehensive tax regime with taxes imposed at both the Federal level and the State/Territory level. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is responsible for administering the tax laws imposed at the Federal level and each State and Territory has a different body which administers the tax laws imposed in that particular jurisdiction
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What environmental issues need to be considered?
Environmental considerations are important to proposed developments in Australia and to the continued operation of most projects and ventures. Australia has over 300 Acts (and numerous regulations under those Acts) relating to environmental matters, and more than 80 agencies or authorities at both Federal and State level, so it is a potentially complex area.
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Status of foreign direct investment control law in Spain
Spain is one of the most relevant global players in foreign investment, thanks mainly to its liberalized foreign investment regime. In this regard, Spain is ranked 15th globally and 6th in the EU in the FDI Index and has been considered as the 11th economy more open to foreign investments by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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M&A
Many German companies are very interested in Chinese partners and investors. Often, German companies look for entries to the Chinese market and/or Chinese partners for a future co-operation. After hundreds of Chinese investments in – or acquisitions of – German companies, a market practice has developed, a standard that in certain points deviates from other markets: E.g. Chinese investors (and regulators) have come to accept that MAC-clauses (giving a party a right to withdraw in case of a material adverse change) are not market-standard in Germany.
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Investment environment in Germany

Germany is one of the world’s most attractive investment destination due to being

  • located in the center of Europe;
  • the fourth-largest economy as well as the second-largest exporter and third-largest importer in the world;
  • an increasingly close trade partner;
  • one of the most technologically advanced countries.

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