II Practice
International
Setting up abroad is first a governance question. We build the structure, then make it steerable from a distance.
- Corridors
- France ↔ Morocco ↔ West Africa
- Starting point
- Market entry study
- Deliverable
- Operating setup & governance
Distance does not forgive approximation.
A badly framed setup is paid for twice: once in direct cost, once in executive time absorbed by issues that should have been settled upfront.
We have been present on both sides of the corridor — Paris and Casablanca — for more than ten years. We know the real timelines, the right counterparts, the administrative traps and the true cost of a local team.
This is for you if
- You need to reduce production costs without losing quality.
- Engineering hiring in France takes you more than six months.
- You have a commercial opportunity in North Africa but no local entity.
- A subsidiary already exists but you have no visibility over it.
- Your contracts and compliance have never been reviewed locally.
From scenario to a team that runs
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Market entry study
A costed comparison of every possible setup: subsidiary, branch, employer of record, service contract, joint venture. Real costs, real timelines, real risks.
- Comparative analysis of legal setups
- Full three-year cost model
- Map of local obligations
- Reasoned, dated recommendation
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Nearshore teams
Building and scaling engineering teams in Morocco: software, support, data, security. Hiring, onboarding, retention.
- Role definitions and salary benchmarks
- Sourcing, technical assessment, hiring
- Integration into the French team rituals
- Retention and skills development plan
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Compliance & contracts
Local compliance — labour law, data protection, tax — and secure data and service flows between entities.
- GDPR and Moroccan law 09-08 compliance
- Non-EU data transfers and standard clauses
- Inter-company contractual framework
- Coordination with your legal counsel
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Multi-site governance
Making a distributed organisation steerable: rituals, indicators, escalation, working language, time zones and management culture.
- Cross-site governance and rituals
- Consolidated dashboard
- Escalation and decision process
- Cross-cultural management coaching
Two offices, one service standard
Same method, same deliverables, same quality bar on both sides of the Mediterranean. Your counterparts do not change with the country.
- Time difference
- None — same time zone all year
- Working languages
- French, English, Arabic
- Paris – Casablanca link
- Direct flight, several daily
- Tech ecosystem
- Casablanca Technopark
What you get
- Comparative study of setup options
- Full three-year financial model
- Hiring plan and salary benchmarks
- Contractual framework and local compliance
- Multi-site governance handbook
- Consolidated executive dashboard
Frequently asked questions
Do we need a subsidiary to hire in Morocco?
Not necessarily. Depending on target team size and time horizon, an employer of record or a framed service contract is often more rational to begin with. The entry study settles that question with your numbers, not a rule of thumb.
What cost saving should we expect from nearshore?
It varies widely by profile and seniority. We build a full cost model — salaries, contributions, management overhead, turnover, premises, tooling — rather than a generic ratio that always turns out to be wrong.
How do you prevent quality loss at a distance?
Through integration, not control. The remote team shares the same rituals, tools and quality criteria as the French team from day one.
Do you work outside Morocco?
Yes, mainly in French-speaking West Africa. We will tell you plainly when a country falls outside our genuine area of competence.
Next step
Before opening an entity, let us cost the scenarios.
A thirty-minute conversation is enough to rule out the setups that do not hold and identify the one worth studying.
Or email us contact@yhconsulting.fr