For Foreign Firms Entering the U.S. · International Practice

Market entry with a partner, a reference, and someone to vouch.

The U.S. market rewards firms who arrive with a partner, a reference, and someone to vouch for them. Arriving without those is expensive.

We analyze and plan

We create the opportunity

We introduce and endorse

You win

What you get from us

Our reputation behind you until you have one of your own.

Qualified project opportunities Projects fed to your firm through our experience and network.

Unmatched access Relationship-building meetings with decision-makers that would take years to earn.

Our personal endorsement We put our reputation on the line supporting your firm as the winner.

Untapped markets We analyze your needs, then look where you have not competed.

Work likely to be won Knowledge means pursuits that are high quality and likely to succeed.

What we do

We tell you which states and sectors will actually take a new name, introduce you to the developers, agencies, and primes who can use what you do, and put our own reputation behind you while you build a record of your own.

Engagement A monthly retainer plus a success fee, on a six-month initial term. Three-year tail on success-fee opportunities from the date of introduction. We succeed when you win work.

How we work

STEP 1 Analyze your business Your needs, strengths, and capacity, so every pursuit fits work you can win.

STEP 2 Plan where the margin is Untapped sectors, geographies, and funding sources where more money can be made.

STEP 3 Open the right doors Meetings with decision-makers that would otherwise take years to earn.

STEP 4 Position you to win Access plus market knowledge means pursuits likely to succeed.

Where we open doors in the U.S.

Only a few states are worth your first three years

U.S. primes Design and construction firms who need your specialty on their teams.

Developers & owners Private clients who can hire you without a public procurement process.

Public agencies Prequalification, licensing, and the realistic path onto an agency list.

Joint-venture partners U.S. firms to team with while you build a domestic record.

Capital & sponsors Investors and sponsors for entry through ownership rather than contracts.

Entry strategy Which states, which sectors, and what it will actually cost to compete.

Who we have worked with

The U.S. developers, agencies, and national firms a new entrant needs to be known by.

U.S. Trade and Development Agency · United Nations Development Business · Inter-American Development Bank · Khatib & Alami · Halliburton / Brown & Root · AECOM · Stantec · HDR · HNTB · Moffatt & Nichol · 3M · Lennar · AvalonBay Communities · Lincoln Property Company

Why that variety matters

We work every side of a bank-funded project: the lenders, the ministries, the executing agencies, and the firms who deliver. That is why we see a program two to three years before it is procured.

Where we deliver

The development banks Home market

World Bank, IDB, ADB, AfDB, and EBRD, plus the ministries and executing agencies that turn a loan into a project.

Twenty countries 20 countries & territories

Five continents of work, and a U.S. practice that keeps us credible with every one of them.

Get in touch

Begin a conversation

Tell us about your project — where it is, what stage it has reached, and what you are trying to win. We reply promptly.