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Baron Philippe de Rothschild: From China to Thailand on EOR
Baron Philippe de Rothschild, a premium French wine house, scaled its China presence — then extended into Thailand — on RemotePeople’s EOR. Compliant hiring, reliable payroll, local expertise; no Asian entities required.
Sectors Wine · Premium Beverages · Asia Expansion
Challenge Scale a French wine house’s China presence and extend into Thailand — without setting up local entities in either market.
Location
France
Industry
Beverage
Company size
600+
Founding Year
1933
With RemotePeople since
2019
We handle global payroll, compliance, and HR while you build your team.
Breaking into the Chinese Wine Market
In the early 2010s, Baron Philippe de Rothschild (BPDR), a French premium wine company focusing on estates and branded wines, set their sights on the Chinese market.
BPDR was savvy about their initial expansion: They sought to balance staffing flexibility with the need for local partner support in China. They recognized that, even for companies with some China experience, expansion will be hampered without local expertise and connections.
The solution BPDR chose was ‘Employer of Record (EOR)’ — a specialist partner who takes care of payroll, HR and employment compliance for client companies.
A New China Director for BPDR
In 2019, BPDR decided that it was time to hire a new China Director for the company.
BPDR sought to hire Silvère Maurice, a French national with more than a decade’s experience in the China wine industry.
Silvère advised BPDR that he knew the right EOR provider for the job – RemotePeople. From experience, Silvère knew that RemotePeople meant on-time payment, quick visa renewals, and expert advice if there were ever legal complications.
Silvère had this to say about his RemotePeople experience:
With RemotePeople, we have never had any back-office problems. Visas and work permits were processed without issue. Employees never waited on a salary or bonus payment. The RemotePeople team is professional and personable, and I strongly recommend them to anyone looking for an EOR partner with local expertise
Silvère Maurice China Director of BPDR
On-time payroll, fast visa renewals, local compliance — what BPDR got from RemotePeople
According to BPDR, RemotePeople brings many benefits to clients and employees that weren’t seen in some of the partners they worked with before.
First is the efficiency and accuracy of the service. Payments to employees are always processed on time, invoices are sent to the head office automatically, and the RemotePeople team offers world-class customer support.
Visas, salary payments, and social security & tax payments are all paid, in full, on time, making it easy for their Shanghai-based team to fully focus on their work, and not be distracted by HR tasks.
BPDR, with their wide breadth of experience working with EOR partners, also picked up on another benefit of RemotePeople:
RemotePeople has exceptional local legal expertise. Their contracts are clear and tailored to the intricacies of local law. And they can quickly answer any question related to employment law in China. Working with RemotePeople provides the comfort that we are 100% locally compliant.
Silvère Maurice China Director of BPDR
Growth and Stability for BPDR in Asia
Under the partnership with RemotePeople, BPDR China has flourished, easily surviving and even thriving during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic; during this time, they’ve even expanded to a new location with RemotePeople: Thailand.
In Thailand, BPDR has hired their Director for Southeast Asia, pointing to the growth of the Southeast Asian markets in recent years. BPDR decided to do their Thai recruitment themselves, and when they were ready to hire, they reached out to their dedicated contact at RemotePeople with the hiring requests. Within a few days, their new team member had signed the contract, initiated the onboarding process, and begun serving their notice period.
When it’s time for us to open new markets, we will go with RemotePeople just as we have for Thailand. We don’t have to worry about the fine details of beginning work in a new market — RemotePeople will take care of that so that we can just focus on the work.
Silvère Maurice China Director of BPDR
Flexible office space: why BPDR’s China team chose a hybrid setup
BPDR receives a lot of value from the fact that RemotePeople’s offers flexible office space to all its clients’ employees.
RemotePeople is a ‘remote first’ company, which means it promotes flexible working conditions for all affiliated employees. RemotePeople believes that people should work wherever they are most comfortable and most productive.
The BPDR China team prefers having a base of operations where they can meet, brainstorm, and have wine fridge & storage available.
More than that, BPDR regularly uses RemotePeople’s downtown Shanghai office, featuring panoramic city views, a comfortable reception area, modern meeting rooms, and thoughtfully designed spaces for hosting clients and partners.
From China to Thailand: BPDR’s multi-country expansion through Covid
BPDR has benefited from RemotePeoples deep local expertise, both in China and elsewhere, to make its global hiring efficient and cost-effective. As BPDR continues its international growth journey, RemotePeople will be there every step of the way to make global expansion as smooth as possible.
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