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When you want your own people on the ground

It is selling. You start wondering whether to open your own company, hire the first employee, or put product registration in your own name. Then you find that every part needs someone on the ground. We connect those pieces with local partners, so you have one point of contact.

You may be stuck at one of these three points

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You want a local presence, but costs and timing are unclear

Consignment or agency operations are running smoothly and you want a local presence, but do not know what registration through hiring will cost or how long it will take

How we work

First clarify what company you want, how many people you need, and whether it is physical or remote. Then we give you a cost framework for registration, lawyers, hiring, and premises, along with a timeline.

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You want to open the first store but worry about the formula and location

A chain restaurant or beauty brand wants to open its first store and worries about losing its formula or choosing the wrong area

How we work

Local lawyers handle contracts and documents. Local partners support site selection and store opening; they have opened stores from zero themselves.

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You want to hire a remote team in the Philippines

You have a team in Taiwan and want people in the Philippines to work remotely, but do not know how to stay compliant

How we work

People are on the ground and report to Taiwan: local partners handle hiring and onboarding, and local lawyers handle compliance documents.

Every part of getting established needs someone on the ground

What needs to be handledWho is on the ground
Company registration and legal documentsLocal lawyers, with us as your point of contact
Hiring: physical or remote teamLocal partners handle interviews, onboarding, and training the first group
Philippine FDA licenses (LTO / product registration)First held by a licensed importer; we help apply when you want it under your own company name
Premises, equipment, and day-to-day operationsThe local partner’s operations team stays with you until the first group is in place and the process runs smoothly
Your roleMake decisions and review progress without constantly flying over

The three paths our local partners have taken

First path · Start from zero

Built an English-language education institution locally—recruiting teachers, finding a location, and enrolling the first student. Later, they also built a chain bubble-tea brand from zero

A fit for brands building a local team or opening stores from scratch

Second path · Adapt it, then bring it over

A Taiwanese product arrived locally, changed its name, price, and packaging, and became something local people would pay for

A fit for brands with a good product that know local tastes and price bands differ

Third path · Bring it over unchanged

A Taiwanese beauty brand changed nothing and only marketed locally to see whether it could stand on its own

A fit for brands whose brand itself is the selling point and do not want to change the product

Quoted by project

Company Setup is the largest package among the four chapters, and most brands do not need to take this route at the start. First clarify what you want to set up, then we give you a cost framework and timeline.

Company registration

An approximate range based on company type

Legal documents

An approximate range based on document scope

Hiring

An approximate range based on headcount and physical or remote work

Premises

An approximate range based on location and scale

Timeline

A schedule based on company type and headcount

Frequently asked questions

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Talk about what you want to set up in the Philippines

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