Chip Krakoff

in Lagos, Nigeria and Johannesburg, South Africa. Our mission is to help clients develop and implement profitable direct investment, export marketing, sourcing, and financial strategies in emerging markets. We help national and regional governments craft policies and strategies to encourage investment and trade, to increase private participation in infrastructure development, and to maximize the economic and social benefits they derive from trade and investment growth. We also help private sector clients identify, understand, and develop international investment and trade opportunities in the context of their global strategies, to understand and manage the political, economic and market risks that accompany these opportunities, to integrate emerging market operations into global corporate value chains, to identify and evaluate potential acquisition and joint venture partners, and to raise capital to fund expansion. We have managed and worked on projects for national and municipal governments and regional organizations on tax policy and tax administration reform, trade policy and customs reform, export and investment promotion strategies; economic development policies, enterprise restructuring, public-private partnerships, and privatization policies, strategies and transactions; and institutional development, capacity building and change management in over 50 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and the former Soviet Union. In addition, we have advised small, medium and large corporations on market entry and expansion strategies, foreign direct investment, acquisitions and joint ventures, trade finance, and capital raising We have worked with financial institutions and investment funds on project identification and evaluation, due diligence and valuation, and deal structuring and negotiation.