Investment in Nepal: Boom or Bust?| A conversation with a Corporate Lawyer | Anup Upreti | EP 189

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In this episode of The Doers Nepal, Anup Ghimire is joined by Anup Raj Upreti. Anup Raj Upreti is a Managing Partner at Pioneer Law Associates. He has been active in the field of Law for nearly two decades. Anup has also been involved in legal reform projects covering banking and finance, corporate, insolvency, and hydropower laws.
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Timestamps
00:00 Highlights
01:15 Two Anups Enter a Podcast Studio
02:26 Why Does Anup Upreti Want To Be A Finance Minister?
05:55 Problems of Entrepreneurship in Nepal
09:50 Talking about Nepal Investment Summit and How Foreign Investment Can Be Brought In
14:46 Problem of Nepalese Mindset and When Will That Change?
17:20 Private Venture Capital(PVC) in Nepal
20:00 Critical Look At Investment and PVC
23:50 Blacklisting Law, Bankruptcy, and Liquidation
25:55 Impression of Nepal among Foreign Investors
28:00 How Anup and his Firm Advise Foreign Investors
30:00 Nature and Objectives of Investors
34:13 Nepal’s Scenario Regarding FDI and Investment
36:50 Difference between DFIs and Corporate Investors
40:05 Talking Anup Upreti’s Career
43:20 Difficulties For Newcomer Lawyers and How They Can Penetrate The Market
46:35 Why can’t Lawyers Market themselves?
48:00 Young Lawyers using content to market themselves
49:20 ‘Nepal Ko Kaanun, Daiba Le Janun’
51:30 Marketing of Lawyers
53:40 Are Law Businesses Scalable?
55:40 Nepal Government’s Low Budget Allocation For Judiciary
57:35 Customer Acquisition and Charging Clients For Law Firms
59:00 What Clients Should Understand Before Coming To Law Firms?
1:00:40 Corruption in Nepal’s Judiciary
1:03:40 Anup’s Future Plans
1:06:04 AI in Law
1:10:30 Culture of Nepalese People Rarely Seeking Legal Remedies
1:13:25 Pioneer’s Consultation For Entrepreneurs
1:14:00 Is Pioneer an Expensive Firm?
1:16:00 Discussing Brain drain
1:19:00 Final Messages and Reaching Anup Upreti
1:21:30 Outro

[@AmiraStha]

great one .

[@legalinfo_shehnaz]

Very insightful. Thank you so much!

[@nabinbhandari8028]

Insightful. Always look forward hearing from Anup Sir. 🙏

[@vaishalisharmakc3395]

Insightful!!!

[@1anusska]

Good getting your insights after long 👏👏

[@321strangerful]

Anup sir 🫶

[@bhuwanadhikari]

Looks like Putin