Founded in 2000 on the initiative of three far-sighted entrepreneurs – Dr Elisabetta Batini, Dr Giorgio Colombo and Dr Riccardo Saottini – Studio professionale BCS is a dynamic and future-oriented reality in Cassano D’Adda (MI), highly specialised in consulting for medium and large-sized companies, both Italian, who have decided to invest abroad, and foreign, who have settled in Italy. Thanks to a strategic vision, highly specialised know-how and the expertise gained by a multidisciplinary team of highly qualified Chartered Accountants, Labour Consultants and Lawyers, this all-Italian excellence, partner of Il Sole 24 Ore, has succeeded in becoming an important reference point at national and international level for those companies that require qualified and personalised consultancy, i.e. tailor-made according to the changing needs of each individual business. Over time, the firm has expanded its core business to include strategic activities; and so today, alongside its traditional services (such as accounting, tax compliance and payroll processing), it offers a wide range of innovative services typical of a multinational consultancy firm, such as support for internationalisation, definition of transfer pricing policies, implementation of financial reporting systems, due diligence activities during both the sale and acquisition phases, centralised treasury services, and cloud-based solutions for fully on-line management of corporate functions (accounting, payroll, reporting). Thanks to these high added-value activities, the BCS firm has experienced rapid growth both in terms of organisational structure and geographical expansion, succeeding in establishing its leadership in a highly competitive market. ‘In the age of globalisation, expanding beyond national borders has become an essential strategic move for companies aiming to grow and compete effectively. Expanding beyond national borders is, however, a major challenge. Here, therefore, the right strategies must be defined, so that landing in new foreign markets can become an opportunity for growth and development for companies; an opportunity to bring added value to their activities, to extend their competitiveness, and to enhance their brand reputation even in unfamiliar markets,’ says Riccardo Saottini in this lengthy interview. ‘In order to effectively support companies that want to ride the wave of internationalisation, we have created a network of 44 foreign affiliated firms operating in 41 countries with a total of more than 650 professionals, to brilliantly handle the most diverse requests and the resolution of any problems in the local area. For example, one of the most common mistakes many entrepreneurs make is not caring whether or not their company has a permanent establishment abroad.
This is a very frequent mistake that is too often underestimated. In fact, every company that decides to operate abroad must necessarily check whether it is necessary to set up a permanent establishment, i.e. a fixed and suitable location, in terms of human and technical means, through which the non-resident company carries out its activities on a stable and continuous basis in the territory of the foreign state. To overcome all initial entry difficulties (cultural and language barriers, lack of knowledge of the cultural, economic, legal and regulatory specificities of new markets) it is necessary to turn to a qualified and reliable partner. With a far-sighted vision that goes beyond consolidated schemes, for over twenty years Studio BCS has been able to effectively support – strictly in Italian so that the client can perfectly grasp all the facets of our assistance – companies interested in successfully entering international markets’.
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