Hard questions answered in writing, at a fixed fee.
Some decisions deserve a document, not a phone call. Meridium delivers scoped, fixed-fee written reports on the questions that shape an Asian expansion: how to structure, how to enter, how to operate and how to price intra-group arrangements. Each engagement ends with a deliverable your board can read, question and act on.
Written advice as a discipline
A recommendation that must survive in writing is held to a higher standard than one delivered across a table. Committing the analysis to a document forces the options to be genuinely compared, the assumptions to be stated, and the recommendation to be owned. That discipline is the product as much as the conclusion is.
The reports are senior work throughout: scoped by the person who writes them, written by the person who defends them. Where a question reaches into a specific market, we draw on the partner network that serves our Asia expansion work, so the view from Jakarta or Mumbai in the report comes from someone who practises there, not from a search engine.
What's included
- A written scope agreed before work begins, with a fixed fee against it
- The report itself: findings, options compared, and a clear recommendation
- The reasoning shown, so your board and advisers can interrogate it
- A working session to walk your team through the conclusions
- Implementation support where you choose to proceed, through our other services
How it works
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Scoping call
A senior adviser hears the question behind the question, and drafts a scope that answers what you actually need decided.
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Fixed-fee proposal
You see the scope, the deliverable and the fee before committing. No time sheets, no metered surprises.
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Research and drafting
We do the work: analysis, comparisons and, where useful, input from our partner network in the relevant markets.
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Delivery and discussion
You receive the written report, then a session where we defend the recommendation and answer the board's questions.
What we need from you
- The decision you are trying to make, stated as plainly as you can
- Current group structure, and the entities and jurisdictions already in play
- Financial context where relevant: flows, volumes and where margin arises
- Any constraints already fixed: investors, lenders, regulators or timing
Common questions
What does a typical report cover?
The recurring themes are entity and holding structure design, tax structuring of flows and exits, market entry and go-to-market strategy, operating model and restructuring decisions, and transfer pricing considerations for intra-group arrangements. Most real engagements combine two or three of these, because the questions arrive tangled together.
What do I actually receive?
A written report: the question, the facts relied on, the options considered with their trade-offs, and a recommendation with its reasoning shown. It is written to be read by a board and shared with your other advisers, not to sit in a drawer.
Is this legal or tax advice?
It is management and structuring advice from senior practitioners. Where a conclusion depends on a formal legal opinion or a tax ruling, we say so explicitly and help you brief the right counsel, so the report tells you not only what we think but what still needs formal confirmation.
Why fixed fee rather than hourly?
Because you are buying an answer, not our time. A fixed fee against a written scope keeps the incentive where it belongs: on reaching a defensible conclusion efficiently, and it lets you approve the cost before a single hour is spent.
What if the answer is that our plan is wrong?
Then the report says so, with the reasoning. An advisory document that only confirms what you hoped to hear is a receipt, not advice. Some of our most valued engagements ended in a recommendation not to proceed.
Discuss an advisory engagement with a senior adviser.
A scoping call costs nothing and commits you to nothing. You will speak with a senior practitioner, not a sales team.