Washington relevance brief
A factual U.S.-facing narrative connecting the company to jobs, security, innovation, competition, or supply-chain priorities.
Washington Market Entry
Translate a foreign company into a credible Washington stakeholder case.
Public affairs, stakeholder mapping, and U.S.-facing narrative development for foreign companies navigating policy, market access, procurement, investment, and reputation risk.
Confidential mandate review
Initial scope review covers objective, jurisdiction, U.S. nexus, timeline, and counsel requirements.
Run private triageThe mandate
Turn a fragmented high-stakes matter into one controlled operating plan.
A lawful, evidence-led Washington strategy that explains the company, its ownership, national-interest relevance, and commercial objective to the audiences who can affect the outcome.
A foreign company needs to explain its ownership, technology, investment, supply chain, or strategic relevance in the United States.
Policy, procurement, CFIUS, sanctions, trade, national security, or congressional attention could affect market access.
Existing U.S. messaging reads like a translation of corporate material rather than a Washington-relevant case.
Decision-ready outputs
What the client team can use.
The exact scope follows the facts, jurisdiction, counsel guidance, and deadline. These are practical working materials, not generic thought leadership.
Stakeholder map
Agencies, committees, associations, validators, counterparties, experts, media, and potential critics.
Engagement materials
Briefing deck, executive Q&A, backgrounder, meeting preparation, and issue-specific fact sheets.
Compliance-aware plan
An operating calendar structured around counsel guidance, disclosure obligations, and lawful engagement boundaries.
Operating sequence
From first signal to controlled execution.
Initial scope review covers objective, jurisdiction, U.S. nexus, timeline, and counsel requirements.
Objective
Define the specific policy, transaction, procurement, investment, or reputation outcome.
Exposure
Review ownership, country, security, sanctions, trade, and public-record questions.
Translation
Turn corporate facts into a credible Washington rationale for each audience.
Engagement
Sequence briefings, validators, public materials, and measurement with legal guardrails.
Foreign-company positioningNational security and policy contextWashington stakeholder mappingFARA-aware engagement planning
Private first-pass triage
Washington market-entry check
Choose the closest facts. Nothing is sent until you continue to the confidential intake form.
Preliminary recommendation
PriorityPlannable
Washington relevance and stakeholder memo
Define the U.S. objective, test ownership and security questions, and route registration issues to qualified counsel.
Complete a conflict check and determine whether qualified counsel is required.
Questions before engagement
What this work is, and what it is not.
Is every foreign-company public affairs engagement subject to FARA?
Not necessarily. FARA applicability is fact-specific and is a legal question for qualified counsel. SIC Group structures communications work to support appropriate legal review and disclosure discipline.
Can you help before a company has a U.S. office?
Yes. Early work can test the U.S. objective, map likely concerns, prepare ownership and governance facts, and identify whether market entry, public affairs, legal, or commercial work should come first.
What information is needed for triage?
The company jurisdiction, ownership, U.S. objective, affected sector, decision deadline, known government or media attention, and whether U.S. counsel is already engaged.
SIC Group does not provide legal advice. FARA, lobbying, sanctions, CFIUS, trade, and other registration or compliance questions must be assessed by qualified counsel.
Official referencesU.S. Department of Justice FARA resources