Corporate Advisory & Market Entry

Given today's complex world and turbulent economic environment, companies planning to enter new global markets need to be more prepared than ever before.

Clients come to APCO Worldwide for assistance in preparing, entering and establishing themselves in new markets. We draw on expertise from across APCO's global offices to provide clients with authoritative analysis and hands-on support for the implementation of investment and business development strategies. We have a diverse and experienced corporate advisory and market entry team, with backgrounds in management, finance, accounting, law, policy and communication.

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Our offerings within this service, broken down by the three essential steps to entering a new market, include:

Prepare

• business development and market entry strategy
• market research and analysis
• policy and regulatory assessment
• acquisition/partner identification and profiling
• commercial due diligence
• risk assessment
• investment negotiations, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures and direct investments
• securing approvals

Enter

• government relations
• stakeholder engagement
• third-party advocacy
• corporate governance
• investor relations
• media relations

Establish

• corporate positioning and reputation management
• issues management
• crisis preparedness
• corporate responsibility
• internal communication

Over the years, clients in key developed and emerging markets around the globe, including ASEAN and Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC), have developed partnerships with APCO because of our deep local knowledge and a wealth of diverse industry-specific experience.

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