The London Core
A small team based in London handles the financial modelling and sector research behind every engagement, staying directly involved in client relationships throughout.
About
Strategy and execution, one mandate.
D2C Strategy is a London-based advisory firm that designs and executes market entry for asset-heavy sectors. We combine strategic market evaluation with in-market execution, pairing a core team in London with senior advisers resident in the target market from first diagnostic through launch.
How The Firm Is Organised
The In-Market Partner
Each mandate adds a senior partner resident in the target market. That partner is selected for direct experience relevant to the brief, and recruited fresh for that mandate alone.
Partner-Level Delivery
Senior people do the work themselves. The same partner builds the financial model and files documentation with a regulator. Every engagement stays at partner level from the first meeting to the final handover.
Who Works on an Engagement
The Kind of Experience We Draw On
Engagement teams draw on people who have already worked inside the systems a client needs to get through: a former country manager who ran a multinational's local subsidiary, or an engineer who spent years inside a national grid operator. Logistics mandates add a licensed customs broker with an existing port authority relationship.
Matched to the Brief
Each advisor is selected for one job they have already done, in the exact market and sector a client is entering. That match happens fresh for every mandate.
Evidence, Sourced and Traceable
Every Claim Has a Source
Every claim in a report traces to a specific source: an import duty rate checked against the customs schedule that publishes it, or a competitor's market share figure checked against a filed financial statement.
Confidentiality As a Standard
Engagements involving listed companies or sovereign-linked entities run under signed non-disclosure terms as standard, and the same applies to family-controlled industrial groups protecting expansion plans from competitors. Any case study drawn from real work goes out publicly after a client's direct sign-off. That is why examples referenced elsewhere on this site appear in composite, anonymised form.
Affiliates and Specialist Partners
We work with a small set of specialist affiliates where a mandate needs depth in customs, project law or environmental permitting. Their work is folded into the same mandate and delivery team, so clients still deal with one file and one set of decisions.
Who We Work With
- Multinational enterprises already operating in a dozen markets
- What's typically at stake: Weighing whether a thirteenth makes commercial sense
- Growth-stage manufacturer or contractor
- What's typically at stake: Making a first move outside its home market, where a smaller deal carries proportionally larger exposure
Both get the same senior attention. A first-time exporter and a listed contractor face the same regulatory approval process, and the same cost if that process goes wrong.
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