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The Starter Report includes: a proprietary sector and market sizing analysis specific to your company, a government incentive landscape mapping every scheme available to your sector and structure, a city and location recommendation with comparative rationale, a competitive and regulatory risk assessment, a formal Go/No-Go recommendation written by your Country Director, and a 60-minute board presentation call. It is a standalone deliverable, not a sales document.

Yes, in full, and it is written into the Scale engagement letter. If you commission a Scale engagement within 90 days of Starter Report delivery, the $15,000 fee is credited against the Scale engagement fee. You pay $60,000, not $75,000. No conditions, no caveats — it is simply written into the contract.

Scale engagements are typically structured as two payments: 50% on engagement commencement (after the scope letter is signed) and 50% at the 90-day milestone when structural setup is complete. Some clients prefer quarterly invoicing — this is available on request and specified in the engagement letter.

No. Foremark's fixed fee covers all advisory, project management, liaison, and filing preparation work. Government registration fees, notarisation costs, stamp duties, and similar third-party disbursements are passed through at actual cost with no markup. These amounts are estimated in your engagement letter before you commit, so there are no surprises.

All fees are quoted and invoiced in US Dollars. For clients preferring GBP, EUR, SGD, AED, or INR, Foremark accommodates this at the mid-market exchange rate on the invoice date with no conversion fee.

Yes. Enterprise engagements include the full retainer programme — compliance calendar management, quarterly strategy sessions, government relations maintenance, and regulatory monitoring — as part of the bespoke annual fee. The retainer scope for Enterprise clients is negotiated specifically based on the number of corridors, entity types, and complexity of the structure.

Nothing. Foremark does not charge for work that falls within the natural scope of your engagement — even if it takes longer than expected. If the scope fundamentally changes (e.g., you decide to add a second corridor mid-engagement), Foremark will propose a scope extension and price it upfront before commencing the additional work. There are no surprise invoices.

The discovery call is 90 minutes, taken by your named Country Director, and costs nothing. It covers your business model, your target sector, your timeline, your competitive position in the target market, and a preliminary view of the incentives you may qualify for. By the end of the call, you have a clear view of whether Foremark is the right partner and what an engagement would look like — before any commitment is made.

The 90-day guarantee is written into every Scale and Enterprise engagement letter. Foremark guarantees that your legal entity will be registered, your banking will be operational, and your regulatory approvals will be in hand within 90 calendar days of engagement commencement. If Foremark fails to meet this, we continue working at no additional charge until the milestone is achieved.

Yes. The Starter Report is a standalone product, not a prerequisite for Scale. If you have already made the decision to enter and have sufficient intelligence from other sources, you can commission Scale directly. The intelligence work that would have appeared in the Starter Report is built into the Scale process — you simply forgo the option of a standalone board presentation deliverable before committing.

Scale and Enterprise engagements include a dedicated Foremark coordinator — a senior team member who manages the day-to-day execution: liaising with government bodies, chasing registration approvals, coordinating banking, and ensuring every parallel workstream stays on track. Your Country Director oversees the engagement and is available for all material decisions. For Starter Report engagements, your Country Director leads directly.

Many clients have existing legal relationships — internal counsel, retained law firms, or board advisors. Foremark works alongside these relationships, not against them. The engagement letter specifies clearly what Foremark is responsible for and what the client's own counsel will handle. In practice, most clients find that Foremark reduces rather than increases the burden on their internal legal teams.

The minimum Foremark engagement is the Starter Report at $15,000. There is no minimum revenue or company size requirement. Foremark has worked with early-stage companies raising their Series A and with FTSE 100 groups entering a new corridor — the process is the same, the scope is what differs.

A No-Go recommendation is a good outcome. It means Foremark has prevented a costly misallocated entry. The $15,000 fee is not refunded in a No-Go scenario — the research was performed regardless of conclusion. Foremark will typically recommend specific conditions under which the answer would change to Go, and will maintain a watching brief on those conditions at no additional charge for 12 months.

Foremark's three corridors were not chosen arbitrarily — they are the three markets where the gap between institutional advisory quality and market opportunity is largest. India's regulatory complexity, the UAE's incentive complexity, and Singapore's institutional depth all demand a level of engagement that generic advisory firms cannot provide. Foremark's model — named principals with institutional government relationships — only works where those relationships can be built and maintained.

Yes. Enterprise engagements can cover multiple corridors simultaneously. Foremark's most common multi-corridor combination is India + Singapore — where the Singapore HoldCo structure is designed to optimise the India operating company investment. UAE + India is also common for companies using the UAE as a capital and talent platform while building an India manufacturing or technology operation.

Foremark covers all sectors in all three corridors. The intelligence and government relationships are deepest in the sectors where incentive programmes are most significant: manufacturing, technology, pharmaceutical, financial services, clean energy, and consumer sectors in India; financial services, technology, and trade in the UAE; and fund management, technology, trading, and manufacturing in Singapore.

Yes. Foremark works with companies at all stages — from pre-decision through to restructuring an existing presence that was established incorrectly. If you are operational in India, UAE, or Singapore but believe your structure is suboptimal, Foremark's Structure Review is available as a standalone engagement. Contact entry@foremarkglobal.com for details.

Foremark is actively recruiting Country Directors for Saudi Arabia, Japan, Germany, Brazil, Nigeria, Indonesia, Vietnam, the UK, France, and Australia. When a new corridor opens, existing retainer clients receive advance notice and a discounted Starter Report for the new market. Expansion is sequenced carefully — Foremark will not open a corridor without a named Country Director with institutional relationships in place.

Yes. ASEAN expansion advisory is built into the Singapore corridor engagement. The Singapore entity is structured from day one to serve as the optimal holding and operational platform for regional expansion into Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Foremark advises on the expansion sequencing and entity structure for each ASEAN target market, drawing on WONE Global's partner network in each country.

No. Foremark is a market entry advisory and execution firm. Foremark is not a regulated legal practice and does not provide legal advice in the sense regulated by bar associations. The legal work in your engagement — entity documents, regulatory filings, shareholder agreements — is performed by qualified legal practitioners within the Foremark and WONE Global network. Foremark manages and coordinates this legal work as part of the integrated engagement.

Yes. Foremark's structural recommendations are based on established legal and tax precedent in each corridor — not on aggressive or novel positions. We design structures that are robust, compliant, and defensible under audit. Many clients share the Foremark structural recommendation with their own legal counsel before proceeding — and in almost every case, the recommendation is confirmed as sound.

Foremark specialises in sectors with FDI restrictions. Where 100% foreign ownership is not permitted (defence, insurance, multi-brand retail, financial services in certain jurisdictions), Foremark identifies the optimal JV or licensing structure, advises on the selection of a qualified Indian partner where required, and manages the approval process for the restricted-sector FDI permission.

Transfer pricing is one of the highest-risk areas of India market entry in particular. Foremark designs a transfer pricing policy as part of the tax architecture phase — including the intercompany pricing methodology, the documentation required under Indian tax law, and the APA (Advance Pricing Agreement) strategy where appropriate. The policy is designed to withstand scrutiny from the Indian tax authority.

Yes. Structure Review is one of Foremark's most common engagements for companies that entered India, UAE, or Singapore through fragmented advisors and are now dealing with the consequences. The review assesses the current structure against the optimal, identifies the restructuring steps required, and manages the implementation. Contact entry@foremarkglobal.com to discuss a structure review.

No. The retainer is included in Scale for the first 12 months — but renewal after year one is the client's choice. In practice, the overwhelming majority of Scale clients renew — because the compliance calendar management, quarterly strategy sessions, and government relations maintenance are difficult and time-consuming to replicate with internal resource. But it is always a choice.

The compliance calendar management is table stakes — an experienced CFO can manage most statutory filings. What the retainer provides that internal resource cannot is: (1) government relations maintenance — the quarterly engagement with Invest India / DIFC / EDB that keeps your institutional relationships alive; (2) regulatory intelligence — the monitoring and analysis of regulatory changes specific to your structure and sector; and (3) incentive window monitoring — ensuring you know about and apply for every new scheme your business qualifies for as they open.

Yes. Adding a second or third corridor to your retainer is the most common expansion pattern for Foremark clients. Retainer clients receive a discounted Starter Report for any new corridor ($10,000 vs $15,000) and a preferred rate on Scale engagements for additional corridors. The multi-corridor retainer is priced as a bespoke annual fee — typically 1.6× the single-corridor rate, not 2×.

Quarterly sessions are 90-minute structured conversations with your Country Director. The agenda covers: regulatory developments and their implications for your structure; competitive intelligence from the corridor; incentive landscape updates; structural optimisation opportunities; and your next 90-day priorities. Sessions are conducted by video for most clients, with in-person sessions available on request in Delhi, Dubai, or Singapore.

All retainer tiers include 48-hour priority response to regulatory notices, tax authority queries, and other urgent compliance or advisory matters. For Scale Retainer and Enterprise clients, the response commitment is the same whether you contact Foremark on a Tuesday afternoon or a Friday evening. Foremark understands that regulatory issues do not arrive on schedule.