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Five areas, one standard of proof
Every engagement ends the same way: a documented position, a control embedded in the real process, and someone in your organisation who owns it.
We only take on subjects where the gap between what a company believes it controls and what it can demonstrate creates measurable exposure. That excludes posture consulting and maturity reports with no follow-through.
The five areas below combine in most engagements. An AEO project almost always surfaces a classification issue; a sanctions framework does not hold without a reliable product master.
Areas
Choose an entry point
If you are unsure, the online assessment orients you in five minutes.
Customs compliance
Classification, origin, valuation, special procedures, post-clearance audit readiness.
See detail →02Export control
Dual-use, licences, technology transfer, internal compliance programme, extraterritorial exposure.
See detail →03Sanctions & embargoes
Screening, indirect ownership, no-re-export, circumvention signals, incident response.
See detail →04AEO certification
Gap analysis, remediation, application file, on-site audit, status maintenance. EU and Switzerland.
See detail →05Data & automation
Product master, automated controls, declaration reconciliation, dashboards.
See detail →→Online assessment
Fifteen questions to place your exposure across the five areas and identify where to start.
Start the assessment →Engagement formats
| Format | Typical duration | When it fits |
|---|---|---|
| Point opinion | a few days | A position to settle: contested classification, doubt on a destination, an origin question on a specific flow |
| Targeted diagnostic | 2 to 4 weeks | Place the exposure in one area and prioritise, before committing budget |
| Remediation engagement | 2 to 6 months | Close the identified gaps and install the framework |
| Certification project | 4 to 12 months | AEO, from initial diagnostic through to the on-site audit |
| Recurring support | annual | Status maintenance, watch applied to your flows, periodic framework review |
Frequently asked questions
How do you price an engagement?
On a fixed fee against a defined scope, agreed before we start. We do not price by the hour for diagnostic work, because it creates the wrong incentive: the value of a diagnostic lies in reaching a defensible conclusion quickly, not in the time spent reaching it. Where an engagement genuinely cannot be scoped in advance — an incident, an authority enquiry — we work on a capped daily rate and report consumption weekly.
Do you work with our existing advisers?
Routinely. We work alongside law firms on matters requiring legal advice or representation, alongside customs brokers whose declarations we check, and alongside auditors preparing internal reviews. We have no exclusivity requirement and no referral arrangements with any of them.
What if we only need a second opinion?
That is a legitimate and frequent request. A point opinion on a contested classification, a doubtful destination or a specific origin question takes a few days and is priced as such. We would rather give a bounded answer to a bounded question than expand it into an engagement you did not ask for.