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International expansion consulting

Your next market. A stronger business.

When overseas interest turns into a decision about where to invest, we help you compare markets, assess the partners who will serve your customers and prepare for the first sale. You work directly with our principals.

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Where to start

What is the next decision?

Markets

Different markets. Specific decisions.

Explore the commercial and operating questions behind your next international move.

Ambition needs a route. Here is the experience behind ours.

A stalled European expansion gained a different plan. A payments business secured UK authorisation. Discover the decisions and experience behind the advice we bring to your business.

Our team at CIFIT

CIFIT · Xiamen · September 2026

CIFIT, through our lens.

Nox Foundry at CIFIT in Xiamen. Meet the team behind the conversations and read our China mission field note.

Read the China mission field note

What is at stake

A wrong turn can cost more than the launch.

Exclusivity can put customer relationships in someone else’s hands. Stock, returns and after-sales support can erode your margin. We compare routes against the same buyer needs, costs and responsibilities so you can see what each would ask of your business.

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Reach new buyers and partners

A focused offer gives you a way to test whether a new group of buyers will place orders. A distributor or service partner may help you reach accounts your team cannot serve directly.

Make it easier for customers to buy again

Closer delivery and support can make it easier to answer questions, handle returns and replenish stock. Where buyers value that responsiveness, it may help earn repeat orders.

Build a second source of demand

A viable first market may reduce reliance on existing customers or territories. Evidence from that launch gives you a better basis for choosing where to expand and what to adapt.

From ambition to a workable route

Make the commercial case. Then make it work.

We bring buyer evidence, route economics and delivery responsibilities into one decision. When you choose a route, we help your team and its specialist advisers prepare for the next commercial milestone.

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Illustrative sample · not a client case

See what we put in front of leadership.

Open a sample decision memo and see how we compare routes, show which costs and buyer claims still need checking, and set a clear point to proceed or stop.

Open the sample decision memo
01 / SIGNAL

Complexity enters.

Jurisdictions, counterparties, capital and constraints.

02 / FRAME

The decision becomes visible.

The objective, evidence gaps and accountable decision take form.

03 / EXECUTE

The route moves.

Owners, materials, approvals and next steps advance in sequence.

Our people

People you can speak to.

Direct principal involvement, supported by country delegates in Spain and China. Meet the people who frame the work and keep it moving.

Our people
Alexis Daniel Cruces Luque
FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER

Alexis Daniel Cruces Luque

Yongxin “Raymond” Zhou
CO-FOUNDER & PARTNER

Yongxin “Raymond” Zhou

Structured execution for complex cross-border opportunities.

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For private clients & families

A European move. One coordinated plan.

Golden Relocation brings residence coordination, family arrival and ongoing support into a clear sequence. Start with the country or residence route you have in mind.

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Intelligence

Ideas for the next decision.

Practical guides, market context and field notes to make the next conversation more useful.

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Meet Noxy

Curiosity, with a direction.

Noxy is our knowledge dragon. Start with a useful question, explore the evidence, then speak to the people who can help you move forward.

Start with an opportunity

Before you commit the budget, bring us the decision.

Send the product, the market you’re considering and what you’re about to spend, sign or promise. We’ll discuss where our work would help you make that call.