DACH → US
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein. Native German operations. Most common corridor.
Founders, managing directors, and heads of international expansion at international companies establishing or scaling in the United States.
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The product works at home. Revenue is solid. The home-market brand is a source of pride. The operator enters the United States through direct sales, a US subsidiary, eCommerce, or partner channels. The first ninety days produce unfamiliar resistance. Leads do not close at home-market rates. US pipeline looks smaller than modelled. The sales team starts asking whether the US is a fit.
The operator's instinct is to run more marketing. That instinct is wrong. The problem is not volume. The problem is register.
The firm rebuilds the register. Diagnosis names which elements of the current US expression are costing conversion. Sprint or Build then executes the architecture forward.
Home-market conversion rates do not transfer into the United States. Expecting them to is the most common error this audience makes. House view on US entry
The firm works natively or through partner network across these corridors into the United States.
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein. Native German operations. Most common corridor.
Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Russian-speaking diaspora. Native Russian operations.
United Kingdom and Ireland operators. Shared language, different register.
UAE and Gulf Cooperation Council operators entering the United States.
Singapore, Hong Kong, and Asia-Pacific regional hubs. Partner-network execution.
Malta and Luxembourg corporate-structure corridors entering the US.
"Hardest part wasn't language or paperwork, it was realizing your 'obvious' value prop doesn't land the same way."
6 to 10 weeks. Single corridor, single US category. The firm rebuilds the commercial architecture and launches it into market. At engagement close, US go-to-market is running.
3 to 6 months. Multi-channel US rebuild and run. Full rebuild across every US-facing surface. The standard entry for operators committed to scaling US presence.
Monthly retainer, 12-month minimum. Ongoing rebuild-and-run across corridors and US surfaces. The structure for multi-brand portfolios and institutional operators.
No legal services. No immigration or visa work. No entity formation. No tax structuring. No banking introductions. No fiduciary services. No regulatory licensing. No IP filing. No contract drafting.
The firm works within the parameters the operator's US counsel, tax advisor, and specialist providers establish. When a marketing decision carries legal or tax implications, the firm flags it and defers before execution.
Sources cited on this page: Roland Berger Mittelstand survey 2025-2026, White & Case M&A Explorer 2026, IMAP German Mid-Cap M&A Report 2026, US BEA FDI inflows 2025, US Census Bureau, Gartner agentic commerce forecast, Forrester B2B AI buyer-agent forecast, Princeton GEO study, Reuters ChatGPT B2B coverage, Cloudflare Radar.