General Responsibilities

1. Under USAID Kosovo Compete Activity’s guidance, the expert will support the group of ICT companies to establish a joint venture in Switzerland and consolidate, establish rules of collaboration, and lay the groundwork of corporate governance of the joint venture.

The main tasks of the selected Expert will be implemented based on close coordination and inputs from the participating partner companies.

The expert will be responsible to:

• Provide a comprehensive understanding of the project, outlining the goal of establishing a joint entity in Switzerland for market penetration, and highlight the current strengths and capabilities of the six participating companies.
• Establish communication channels and protocols for effective collaboration among the C-level executives of the six participating companies.
• Conduct a thorough analysis of the working modalities, corporate cultures, and pricing structures of each participating company, and identify commonalities and differences in processes, structures, and practices.
• Develop a proposed organizational structure for the joint entity in Switzerland and its mirroring office in Kosovo, taking into consideration the strengths and expertise of each company, by defining roles, responsibilities, and reporting hierarchies within the joint entity.
• Outline a unified working modality that accommodates the different approaches of the participating companies, by defining reporting mechanisms.
• Develop a standardized pricing framework that considers the varied services provided by the participating companies and establish transparent and fair pricing quotas for the joint entity's services.
• In close collaboration with the six participating companies, create a detailed roadmap for the establishment of the joint entity, including timelines, milestones, and critical deliverables.
• Collaborate with legal experts to ensure compliance with Swiss regulations and establish the legal framework for the joint entity, by outlining necessary baseline documentation.
• Develop a responsibility matrix that clearly defines the responsibilities of each participating company in the joint entity, ensuring transparency in decision-making processes.

Key deliverables toward which the work of the Expert will be assessed are the following:

1. A detailed project plan outlining the step-by-step roadmap for establishing the joint entity in Switzerland.

• Components: Cooperation agreements between the parties, timelines, milestones, critical deliverables, and identified dependencies.

1. A proposed organizational structure for the joint entity, clearly defining roles, responsibilities, and reporting hierarchies.

• Components: Organizational charts, role descriptions, and communication protocols.

1. A standardized pricing framework for the joint entity's services, accommodating the diverse charging models of the participating companies.

• Components: Pricing quotas, guidelines, and compensation plan for the six participating companies.

1. Legal documentation ensuring compliance with Swiss regulations and establishing the legal framework for the joint entity.

• Components: Outline of the necessary legal documentation for the establishment of the entity in Switzerland and specific legal requirements and standards that the joint entity must comply with.

Relevant university degree

• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience of legal advisory work within the business development domain(s).
• Clear results achieved with prior private sector clients is a distinct advantage.
• Prior similar experience and working on similar donor-funded projects is an asset.
• Strong conceptual and communications skills in verbal presentations and writing, in both local languages and English

Advanced reporting skills to produce the needed updates and reporting on the implementation progress of the activity