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Why Work With Us
Andreae & Associates’ approach to international business and
government consulting centers on the idea that our clients can establish
a firm presence in any market and use the ensuing relationships to enhance
the commercial value of their transactions throughout the region and rest of
the world. This philosophy has served our clients – both government and
corporate – in numerous industries and across almost every continent.
Our success throughout such a wide range of industries and countries is due
primarily to our ability to adapt a market-driven model to our clients’
political and commercial needs. This model is based on market and quantitative
analysis to determine current and future industry trends, product strategy,
product positioning, and program support. With the business model in place,
we then counsel our clients in identifying and addressing key decision-makers
within the market, with the goal of leveraging those relationships to ultimately
strengthen the client’s market position. Please click on a world region
below to see examples of our engagements.
Client Engagements
Middle East
- retained by a UAE-based port operator to facilitate the acquisition and sale of $7 billion worth of US assets.
- managed the commercial/regulatory issues surrounding roll-out of a new global brand for a Dubai client, and supported commercial development to ensure
that adequate resources would be available for product launch
- provided matchmaking services and other business development for multi-billion dollar Doha real estate investment fund
- consulted the Department of Defense on information operations throughout Iraq and the Middle East
- helped organize congressional delegation visits to the Persian Gulf region including Oman, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Yemen
- leveraged US-Saudi relations to support a client’s efforts to reclaim $150 million in payment from the Saudi Government
- worked with post war reconstruction projects in Kuwait, Afghanistan and Iraq
- assisted UAE- based satellite services company with business expansion in North America
- provided market entry and sales assistance for alternative and renewable energy companies
- acted as development agent for food and beverage franchise entering the GCC market
Asia-Pacific
- represented a major pharmaceutical company in China and Japan by working
with USTR, Commerce Department and State Department to identify political
leverage for brand protection against IPR challenges
developed an entry strategy for a multi-national corporation that sought
to invest $9 billion in the Chinese energy market
provided political counsel for the Government of the Republic of Korea as
political leaders engaged US policy-makers in support of a presidential visit.
assisted US industry with product sourcing and manufacturing in the
People’s Republic of China, and Korea
South Asia
- provided business development and government contracting strategies to a
vehicle retro-fitter based in Thailand
- a small investment bank in NY retained Andreae & Associates to develop
an investment strategy in support of commercial vehicle leasing initiative
in Thailand
- working for an energy company, Andreae & Associates developed a political and
commercial strategy surrounding plans to build a large gas processing facility
Africa
- prepared political parties in post-apartheid South Africa for the inaugural
national elections
- represented a global energy company with significant investment in Nigeria in
an effort to encourage US policy-makers to more fully address human rights issues
- helped a multi-national client to fully understand various political
leadership opponents and role they played with energy to an effort to create
a pipeline running from its home country Israel
- counseled a client with investment opportunities in Libya regarding the
Iran Libya Sanctions Act (ILSA) and evaluated its effect both legally and
commercially
- contracted by a foreign client to evaluate the ethical implications of
its relationship with the Sudanese government in light of then-current events
- worked with the Office of Foreign Assets Control to remove a client – a
Liberian national – from the Specially Designated Nationals list in order to
protect the client’s interest in the Liberian Logging and Forestry industry
- Worked with USAID, World Bank procurement and construction projects
Eastern Europe
- trained political parties for USAID in support of initial elections in
post-communist Russia
- represented an international pharmaceutical company in support of its
strategy to secure its intellectual property rights in Russia by bolstering
a high-level, departmental relationship between the US and Russia
- a major energy company contracted Andreae & Associates to provide
support in protecting $1.3 billion worth of assets from being fraudulently
distributed out of bankruptcy
- counseled a client with $4 billion in Siberian-based interests to create
understanding of how the environmental sensitivities surrounding its investments
would impact the company’s global operations
- retained by a Eurasian Gas and Energy firm to provide US Government Affairs
support in anticipation of its entrance into the US market
- worked in support of a Ukrainian energy project to increase transparency
surrounding a major pipeline by creating leverage for Western and European actors
Western Europe
- engaged the Turkish government surrounding a legal challenge to our
client’s intellectual property rights.
- counseled a British real estate developer on how to engage local and state
government in Greece surrounding a $500 million business deal on the island
of Crete
- trained political parties for two years in Bulgaria and Romania on behalf of
USAID Democracy and Governance section with the goal of supporting institution
building of the basic political process at the federal level
- worked to ensure fair treatment and create on-going political capacity
for a client who sought to participate in the privatization of a major state
asset in Spain
- consulted a Helsinki-based telecoms group with the goal of opening
trans-continental internet channels
Latin America
- investigated a potential partner relationship in Mexico for a major
commercial deal, ultimately advising the client to sever ties due to a pending
US investigation
- supported the political and press activity surrounding a US client’s
new facility in Mexico with an effort to demonstrate economic commitment to
the Mexican government
- retained by a US-based client to prepare a government affairs strategy
for the introduction of a new product into Brazil
- analyzed the Brazilian political landscape and, within the context of
international environmental concerns, associated with the development and
operation of a new facility
- managed the public outreach for a major energy company in Venezuela
using the local communities to carry the client’s messages of corporate
responsibility back to the larger world community
- represented an association comprised of US business in Colombia for three
years, specifically focusing on “Plan Colombia” legislation in the US
- worked with US dairy industry to expand exports into Latin America
North America
- dealt with a multi-country energy project with substantial local, federal
and inter-country dynamics on an $8 billion gas pipeline that ran from Alaska
through Canada to the US
- extensive work with USAID, US Department of State, US Army Corps of
Engineers and World Bank projects worldwide
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