CONSULTING SERVICES

We are a full service firm specialized in international assignment infrastructure. Your company and expats with their families should trust our reputation and expertise. Sometimes we lead, sometimes we walk abreast, and many times you can lead, and we'll stay right behind. If you fall, our hands and "know-how" will be right there to correct, although most of the times we anticipate problems. We are physically located in US and Brazil, but our network is global - there is no milestone we don't walk along for our clients.

We are good at making brainstorms become visions, and visions become plans. Clients can inquire everything they deem necessary for a plan. We make sure our clients are guided through a clear scenario pictures, with all possible pros and contras, pluses and minuses. We appreciate transparency in our communication, and we strive to work within pro-active rather than corrective measures.


Expatriation Policy
We are affiliated with the best international relocation councils, and we enjoy great network of relocation policy designers and researchers. We can help benchmark the best current terms of treatments of your industry and others, carry cost analysis, tax/benefits equalization and perks relevant to mobility and that become a key determining element for international assignment acceptance (employer/employee).

We assess corporate clients needs and budgets, and we assess assignees' level of satisfaction and needs. We advise, help create, write and implement international assignment policies and correspondence templates; we help update and enhance existing policies, and implement changes.

Immigration Law
We are a team of lawyers, paralegal and GR (governmental relations) and IR (international relations) with years of experience and exposure. Local labor policies very often conflict with foreign labor statute. Companies and new investors should be wary about immigration laws before setting their operations and planning to bring foreign labor. Our company's core business is immigration, and we have never had any denied case in 10 years of existence thanks to our abilities to anticipate scenarios and to counsel clients on the does and don'ts. We enjoy great contacts with federal, state and local agencies that enable us to even anticipate regulations.

We assess employers' needs and budget, in concert with business needs, tax and social dues, so that financial burden is minimized.
We create alternative situations to every case in order for our clients to make the most suitable decision.
We personalize our services to visas per volume (for projects) and case-by-case so that we can minimize costs, social and fiscal taxes (locally and worldwide).

Labor Law
We advise our corporate clients on the different forms of employment, as well as legal practices to avoid exposure. We can create policies related to terms of treatment, such as dismissal, discrimination, equal pay, maternity paternity and sickness leaves, vacations, personal conduct, appraisals, holidays, confidentiality and other employment conditions.

We also carry cost analysis on hourly basis, per project, or full time positions as well as social and governmental compulsory plans. By anticipating the indirect and annual costs to our clients, we believe they are in better position to budget for their operations.

Income Taxation
This subject seems fearful and expensive to many employers and assignees. We are tax lawyers, accountants and certified tax advisers that address those concerns on a local and worldwide level, making possible that that feeling and costs be minimized. International assignees are usually required to withhold taxes on a monthly basis (Pay as you Earn). Some countries income taxes are higher than others, requiring an in-depth tax study whether assignees and employers should practice a salary split or payroll removal from home country. Tax credits, levy and immigration interests should be considered for a better position. We can help our clients decide the most suitable alternative based on a thorough analysis.

Cost Analysis
We have created a great specialists network, each in different industry segment, so that a wide array of information - costs, availability, description of products - can help our corporate clients better decide when budgeting for assignments or negotiating benefit fringe with potential assignees.

We carry cost studies for:
     Cars
     Housing
     Cost of Living
     Schools
     Furnishing
     Domestic Help

International Mobility Coordination Training
We enjoy international backgrounds and decades of experiences in HR and outside. We can train newly hired expats coordinators or train current ones on changes before, during and after re-engineering. We can also carry on going training programs for team building and working in diversities, through workshops with different areas, or within a specific area.

Corporate Coaching
We enjoy international backgrounds and decades of experiences in HR, consulting and business units. Our team speak different languages which enables coaching to be conducted in the client's native language. Needs assessment is required to start any kind of coaching, which then can be on-going sessions or temporary projects during and after mergers & acquisitions, culture changes, diversified environment assignment.