Introduction to Germany Investment Law

On Thursday, June 22, 2023, at the Stage Room on the 3rd floor, east wing, the Undergraduate Program in Law successfully held a public lecture with the theme “Introduction to Germany Investment Law.” presenting a resource person from a Senior Lawyer practitioner named Philipp Kersting from Germany. The resource person gave a presentation directly in front of approximately 80 students.

Stadium General (Guest Lecturer) was organized by the Undergraduated Study Program in Law Faculty of Law Universitas Islam Indonesia in order to provide students with practical knowledge to know how to practice investment science. As for tips and tricks to become a lawyer in the field of investment law properly and wisely.

The Head of the Undergraduate Study Progrem in Law, Dodik Setiawan Nur Heriyanto, S.H., M.H., LL.M., Ph.D, in his remarks said that “We will be holding a public lecture by presenting one of the Senior Lawyers who is currently one of the existing Lawyers. at Maqdir Ismail and Partner and one of the managers is Mr. Maqdir and he is an alumni of the Faculty of Law Universitas Islam Indonesia. With this Public Lecture, I hope students can gain comparative knowledge related to investment practices and also legal knowledge related to investment.”

Philipp Kersting as a guest speaker explained that “Investment law in Germany has its own characteristics compared to investment law in other European Union countries. Germany has high investment compared to other countries because Germany has the EU Single Market Policy, in which the European Union’s policy of freeing trade without any barriers provides an advantage for Germany to obtain capital flows, goods, services and labor from other European Union countries. Investor confidence to invest in Germany. In addition, Germany already has good and comprehensive investment laws to provide guarantees to foreign investors, most of whom are from Luxembourg countries.”

In his presentation, Philipp Kersting also explained how Germany can attract foreign investors, namely: having a stable legal system, protecting intellectual property rights, resolving disputes in a fair and transparent manner, and providing incentives from the government for providing tax policies. The practitioners’ lecture ended with a friendly reception with the Head of the Undergraduate Study Program in Law and a visit to the Kimpulan Temple Museum.