TEPA EFTA-India: What lies ahead?

HSG Alumni & SICC @ Baker McKenzie

While the UK and EU continue to be in negotiations with India on an FTA, the EFTA States (with Switzerland in the lead) and India signed a Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) on 10 March 2024 after overall 16 years of negotiations. This is a milestone in Swiss foreign trade policy and opens up the world’s largest and fastest growing market to Switzerland.

As part of a series of in-depth events on the TEPA, SICC together with its member Baker McKenzie and the HSG Alumni, invite you for an in-depth evening session on TEPA and what it entails for Swiss businesses and people. Philippe Reich, Chairman SICC and Partner Baker Mc Kenzie, will give you the lowdown on the agreement and Sushil Premchand, Group Chairman PRS Group India and Honorary President SICC, the SME investor view. Eric Ledergerber, HSG Alumnus, will introduce the HSG Alumni and present the key findings from his recent HSG master thesis on the TEPA.

The Speakers:

Mr. Philippe Reich, Chairman SICC & Partner Baker McKenzie

Philippe Reich is a Partner of Baker & McKenzie Zurich. He heads the Antitrust, European and Trade Law practice group in Zurich and is a member of the European Competition Law, International Trade and Commerce and transactional practice groups of Baker & McKenzie.

Philippe regularly advises Swiss and Indian clients on India in- and outbound transactions and legal issues. He is the European representative on the Global Steering Committee of Baker & McKenzie’s India initiative since 2010 and has for almost four years been the legal knowledge partner to the Swiss Trade and Investment Promotion in India. He is the Vice Chairman of the Swiss Indian Chamber of Commerce and forms the India Desk of Baker & McKenzie in Switzerland.

Mr. Sushil Premchand, Honorary President SICC & Group Chairman PRS Group India

Sushil K. Premchand is the Chairman of the PRS Group, Mumbai, and the Managing Director of PRS Services AG, Zurich. A Chartered Accountant, with an economics degree, he joined the family business in 1985 after spending 14 years with the international accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, and 4 years with a British multinational. In 2017, Sushil Premchand was honoured by the President of the Swiss Confederation as one of only five, named “Friendship Ambassadors” for his contribution to innovative ideas in his field of business and contribution to Swiss-Indian friendship.

He is also a Board member and the Honorary President of the Swiss-Indian Chamber of Commerce in Zurich. Living in Switzerland since 1977, he travels regularly to India to monitor the family’s 168-year-old business.

Registration Fee: CHF 25 (member) /CHF 40 (non-member).

Registration closes on Wednesday, November 27, 11.00 am.

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