Placing someone in a new market is a first step that is easy to underestimate. A representative can, depending on authority and how the arrangement is set up, create obligations for your company, so the form of the relationship matters.
A representative who negotiates, signs or runs daily operations may expose your company to local obligations, depending on how the arrangement is set up. That is a question for a local professional. What the assessment does is lay out the realistic arrangements and what each one leaves open.
It does not set up contracts, hire or recommend individuals.
Terms differ between countries. The table shows what to ask, not what is allowed.
What it looks like: Paid on results, works for several principals; Main point to check locally: Whether the agent really acts independently
What it looks like: Fixed scope, invoices you; Main point to check locally: Whether the relationship looks like employment
What it looks like: Partner employs, you direct the work; Main point to check locally: Allocation of responsibility between you and the partner
What it looks like: Formal local company hires; Main point to check locally: Everything that comes with running an entity
Sell, support, source, supervise. Authority to sign changes the analysis.
A trial of a few months is different from a standing role.
Termination terms can outweigh set-up costs.
Tied to what the person will actually do.
A list of questions for the local lawyer on the representative's status, authority and obligations, so the conversation starts from your facts.
So you know when the arrangement has outgrown itself.
This is business and structuring analysis, not legal, tax or investment advice. Where a legal or tax opinion is needed, we say so and point you to a licensed adviser.
No. Hiring in the market is outside this assessment.
It shifts some questions rather than removing them. The assessment shows which.
That depends on local rules and the facts. It is a question for a qualified local professional.
No obligation. We read your request and reply with a straight answer.
Describe your plan and your constraints. We reply with what we would look at first.
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