Client Story - Olympus IQ: Avoiding the wrong setup

The request: Found a Portuguese LDA to start hiring.

Our work: Cross-check across jurisdictions and operations like U.S. LLC, International tax, vesting & equity agreements, CAE classification, banking & hiring flow; review with our legal team.

What we found: An LDA at this stage wasn’t needed. It would add cost, complexity, and delay.

For some maybe surprising: We would have earned more by incorporating. We chose not to.

Result: Olympus IQ aligned hiring with the U.S. structure, avoided unnecessary spend and legal friction.

The difference: Not paperwork, but partnership. We think like founders.

“PortuGer challenged our plan and saved us from an unnecessary incorporation. They could’ve earned more by saying yes, but instead, they did what was right for our business.” - Eren Alakus, Founder & CEO, Olympus IQ