Project Engagements
Cross-border problems with a defined start, a defined end, and a clear deliverable.
Starting at $8,000 · most projects range $10,000–$35,000
Some cross-border decisions are too complex for a brief but don't require an ongoing retainer. Project engagements are scoped, milestone-driven engagements that run four to twelve weeks. Each project is custom — we won't quote a price until we understand the situation — but the structure is consistent: clear deliverables, weekly check-ins, senior involvement throughout, no surprises.
U.S. Market Entry Roadmap
Typical range: $10,000 – $25,000 · 6–10 weeks
For Asian companies, investors, or family offices entering or expanding in the United States. We map the regulatory pathway, identify viable entry structures, profile the partner landscape, and deliver a sequenced execution plan.
China-Plus-One & Asia Realignment Study
Typical range: $15,000 – $35,000 · 8–12 weeks
For U.S. or multinational companies reassessing their exposure to Greater China and Asia-Pacific. Country and site comparison, supply chain redesign, regulatory mapping, sequencing for relocation or diversification.
Transaction Due Diligence
Custom scope · 4–10 weeks
For M&A, JV, strategic partnership, or major investment decisions. Deeper than the Tier 1 Diligence Brief — covers operational, financial, governance, and reputational dimensions across multiple counterparties.
Regulatory Exposure Audit
Typical range: $8,000 – $15,000 · 4–6 weeks
For companies with current cross-border operations. Identifies and prioritizes regulatory exposures across sanctions, export controls, investment review (CFIUS, similar), data, and sector-specific regimes. Delivers a risk-ranked remediation plan.
CFIUS Pre-Filing & Mitigation Project
Typical range: $15,000 – $30,000 · 6–10 weeks
For transactions that may trigger CFIUS review. We assess national-security risk, develop a filing strategy, scope mitigation options, and coordinate with CFIUS counsel — framing the political and regulatory narrative before the formal process begins.
Export Controls Compliance Program Build
Typical range: $12,000 – $25,000 · 6–10 weeks
For companies that need a real export-controls program, not a binder on a shelf. Product classification (EAR/ITAR), party-screening procedures, license-determination workflow, end-use controls, training, and recordkeeping — built to your actual transaction profile.
China Regulatory & Countermeasures Preparedness Project
Typical range: $12,000 – $25,000 · 6–10 weeks
For companies with China exposure that now face Beijing's outbound rulebook — export controls on critical minerals, the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, the Unreliable Entity List, and data-export and anti-espionage rules. We map your exposure and build a countermeasures readiness plan.
Geopolitical Risk Exposure Mapping
Typical range: $10,000 – $20,000 · 4–8 weeks
For boards and executive teams that need a structured view of geopolitical exposure across U.S.–China decoupling, tariff escalation, sanctions, and Taiwan scenarios — translated into concrete revenue, supply-chain, and investment impacts with decision triggers.
Engagement Types
U.S. Market Entry for Asian Investors & Family Offices
Bilingual, principal-led guidance for Chinese, Taiwanese, and Southeast Asian founders, investors, and family offices entering the U.S. market: entry structure, counterparty vetting, regulatory landscape, and coordination of legal and tax specialists.
Market Entry Assessment (U.S. Companies into Asia)
A focused assessment of market opportunity, regulatory barriers, and political risk for U.S. companies entering Greater China or Southeast Asia.
Counterparty Due Diligence & Partner Vetting
Is this partner who they say they are? Chinese-language corporate records, litigation history, state-ownership connections, and reputation checks — read in the original language, not through a translation layer.
Supply Chain & UFLPA Exposure Review
A structured review of your supplier network for forced-labor exposure under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Entity List and sanctioned-party connections, and single-country concentration risk. You receive a written exposure map and a prioritized remediation plan. Where deep forensic tracing is required, I coordinate specialist partners while remaining your single point of contact.
China-Plus-One Diversification Roadmap
For manufacturers and importers weighing whether to stay in China, diversify, or exit. I build the decision framework — comparing Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, and Mexico against your cost, tariff, and compliance profile — and coordinate on-the-ground execution partners for site selection when you’re ready to move.
Tariff & Trade Strategy Assessment
Section 301 exposure, tariff classification strategy, and sourcing restructuring options — the strategic layer above customs execution. I frame the options and quantify the trade-offs; customs counsel and brokers handle the filings.
Outbound Investment & Technology Controls Assessment
The U.S. outbound investment review regime and expanding export controls now reach joint ventures, minority stakes, and technology partnerships that were routine five years ago. I assess how these rules affect your existing structures and planned transactions, in plain language, before you commit capital.
Taiwan Business & Investment Advisory
Taiwan is now central to two-way opportunity: U.S. companies building partnerships with Taiwanese manufacturers and technology suppliers, and Taiwanese companies establishing U.S. operations, investments, and supply chain footholds. I advise both directions — partner identification and vetting, market entry structure, and cross-strait scenario planning so your Taiwan strategy accounts for the risks alongside the opportunities. Bilingual service in English and Mandarin.
Every project is scoped in one conversation and quoted as a fixed fee. You’ll know the cost before we start. Where an engagement requires deep technical execution — export control audits, customs filings, in-country site selection — I lead the strategy and bring in vetted specialists, so you deal with one advisor, not five vendors.
Tell us about your situation. We'll respond within two business days with a scoping conversation.