Build an Offshore Operation You Can Eventually Own.
For companies that want the speed of a service now and ownership of the operation later.
You shouldn't have to choose between outsourcing forever and building a Philippine entity from scratch. With Build–Operate–Transfer, Marquee builds your team, runs it until it's proven, and transfers it to your own entity. Start as a service. Own the outcome.
Is Your Operation Ready for BOT?
BOT isn't the right starting point for everyone. If three or more of these sound like you, it's worth a conversation.
Core, Not Support
This function is becoming core to your business, not just support.
Near-Term Growth
You're on a path to 20+ people within the next 12–18 months — steady, funded growth, not a slow trickle.
Knowledge at Risk
Losing institutional knowledge to a vendor would be costly.
Eventual Ownership
You want to own the entity eventually, but not the setup risk today.
Board Pressure
Your board or investors are asking who controls the operation.
Ownership Is Engineered From Day One.
Transfer is not something we figure out at the end. The team, systems, governance, and documentation are built with that end state in mind from day one. Most clients start with Employer of Record or Managed Operations, then move into BOT once the team and operation are proven.
- Role and team architecture
- Talent market mapping and hiring
- Employment and workplace setup
- IT, security, and onboarding design
- Payroll, HR, and compliance
- Local operating support
- Management and reporting cadence
- Process and readiness documentation
- Structured handover plan
- Employee transition
- Knowledge and process transfer
- Governance and control shift to client
Transfer Means Operating Control — Not Just Moving Employees.
Where traditional providers deliver labor, Marquee builds the operation — the team, systems, leadership, and standards for long-term performance, prepared for transfer when you're ready to own it.
Team Continuity
Move the employment relationship without losing the team. A planned transition pathway protects employee confidence, continuity, and operational momentum.
Knowledge Transfer
Make the operating knowledge portable. Workflows, processes, decision logic, reporting standards, and key documentation are organized before handover — not reconstructed afterward.
Governance Handover
Shift decision rights deliberately. Management cadence, performance oversight, reporting responsibility, and operating authority move to the client in a controlled sequence.
Operating Readiness
Leave behind an operation the client can actually run. Employment, HR, payroll, compliance, technology, workplace, and operating responsibilities are aligned to the client's post-transfer structure.
Who BOT is built for:
Founders and Executives building a long-term offshore capability.
Accounting and financial services firms expanding dedicated delivery capacity.
PE-backed companies seeking operational leverage with stronger governance.
Companies currently dependent on outsourcing vendors and ready to move toward ownership.
What Marquee Builds Into the Operation:
Dedicated Team
We recruit, onboard, and support professionals aligned to your roles, standards, and long-term operating goals.
Operating Infrastructure
We provide the local employment, HR, payroll, benefits, facilities, IT coordination, and compliance structure required to operate in the Philippines.
Management Discipline
We establish operating rhythms, reporting standards, performance expectations, and leadership coordination to keep the team aligned with your business.
Workplace Experience
We create a professional environment designed to support retention, engagement, and long-term performance.
Seven Transfers. Four Companies.
Before founding Marquee, our founder led Philippine operations for some of the world's largest companies — scaling to more than 11,000 employees across five locations, and personally guiding seven entity transfers across four companies. Every BOT engagement runs on lessons learned at that scale, not in theory.
Common Questions About BOT
How long before an operation is ready to transfer?
There's no fixed timeline — readiness depends on two things: you deciding you're ready to transfer, and the operation meeting the readiness benchmarks we agree on together across areas like financial standing, leadership, workforce, operations, and governance. We set an indicative planning window during discovery — or in the Ownership Diagnostic, if your situation needs deeper analysis — so you know roughly what to expect, but the actual transfer happens when both conditions are met, not on a countdown.
What does it cost to transfer?
There isn't a fixed price — it depends on the size and complexity of your operation, how many employees Marquee has hired under BOT, your specific requirements, and whether you need an in-office setup. That's what the Ownership Diagnostic is for: it gives you a clear picture of what to budget for Marquee's BOT service before you commit to anything. Think of it as a custom quote, not a rate card.
Do employees have to re-apply or lose tenure?
They don't have to re-apply. When your team transfers to your new Philippine entity, their tenure technically resets under that new employer — that's how it works legally when a team moves to a new entity — but their salary and benefits carry over at the same level at minimum, so nobody takes a step back. We also build in incentives and mechanisms designed to make the move smooth and worthwhile for the team, drawn from direct experience managing seven of these transfers ourselves.
Do I need my own Philippine entity at the start?
No — that's the point of BOT. You get the speed of a fully running operation now without having to stand up your own entity first. The entity only comes into play at the point of transfer, once you've decided to take ownership.
What if I decide not to transfer?
Nothing breaks. If you decide not to transfer, the engagement simply continues as Employer of Record plus Managed Operations (or EOR-only if that fits better). Pricing is re-baselined to reflect what you're keeping with us — there's no penalty and no artificial fee for staying on a service model longer.
If your Philippine operation is going to matter, plan the transfer before you hire.
For companies that want offshore capability without long-term vendor dependency.
Start as a Service. Own the Outcome.
Marquee builds offshore operations with the leadership, systems, compliance, and workplace foundation required for long-term performance. When your business is ready, we transition the operation to you with the structure, documentation, and continuity needed to support ownership.