Pac Tac Advisors

Corporate Site Selection Advisory

This service is for companies which are considering locating new or expanded operations outside of the United States, be it manufacturing, processing, research, services, software development, or distribution. Any business investment that involves additional staff or additional investment can benefit from the assistance PacTac Advisors provides, even for the expansion of existing overseas facilities.

For companies experienced with operating internationally, PacTac provides expertise on government assistance and incentives in the Asia/Pacific region. As with domestic site selection, incentives are a key part of the international site selection process. PacTac works with companies specifically on the incentives package for each site under consideration, analyzing both mandated and negotiated incentives available at each site. That package--the incentives, concessions and infrastructure provisions, as well as the financing in many cases--is a critical part of the site selection process. PacTac Advisors will involve the public, private, and financial sectors, first in analyzing what may be available, and then in developing and negotiating the optimum package for each location.

As the publisher of our Incentives Reports© and Special Reports, PacTac is the most accurate source of information on government investment incentives for the Asia/Pacific. With that base of knowledge, and with extensive global contacts in governments and government investment agencies, PacTac is well positioned to advise companies on which incentives are needed, which are feasible, and how to obtain them.

Incentives services PacTac can provide are:

Assessing the incentives and government assistance needed for the type operation being considered (not just financial, but including critical operating issues)
Contacting and meeting with governments WITHOUT the client's name being disclosed, to explore both mandated incentives and customized incentives which might also be available
Negotiating incentives for the client, either as advisor to the client or on the client's behalf

PacTac Advisors has extensive experience in "making deals happen", by finding the key issues for all parties, and proposing structures and solutions that bring all parties together. Negotiations do not need to be adversarial to be successful. When all is said and done, the company and the community need to go forward in a positive relationship. Creative structuring and positive negotiations, designed to make incentives packages advantageous for all parties while maximizing the benefits for the client, are PacTac Advisors' strengths and objectives.

For companies new to operating facilities overseas, PacTac provides broader services, in addition to the assistance with government incentives described above. PacTac also works with clients to identify key international issues in considering sites outside the United States. This focuses on management and cultural issues, as well as building the site analysis matrix for the project. PacTac has an exceptional network of site selection industry connections throughout the world, developed during years of personal connections with these organizations. PacTac's strongest geographic expertise is in the Asia/Pacific region, where PacTac Advisors principals travel regularly and have extensive government and service provider contacts. These local service providers are real estate specialists, architects, interior designers, business consultants, legal firms, and accounting firms. They are typically indigenous companies, long established in their home countries and well informed on local issues. These are the firms that know not only the current regulations, but also the direction their governments are likely to take on future issues. Some have regional representation, but most operate only in their home countries. These experts are brought into projects by PacTac to provide PacTac's clients with the level of local knowledge not available when a single firm does the entire international site search. Large organizations providing site selection advice often move their existing staff to projects regardless of expertise on countries being considered. PacTac brings in-country experts to clients' projects based on the expertise needed by each client.

PacTac will assist in organizing the appropriate group of experts to assist the client in analyzing the various alternative locations across multiple countries, helping to bring diverse and often limited information into a comparable format for the client's analysis.

Please go to "How to Contact PacTac" if you would like to further discuss this service with a representative of PacTac Advisors.