Every day decisions are being made in legislatures, agencies and executive offices that significantly impact companies and organizations around the world.

The relentless pace of globalization, falling trade barriers, and flow of information in the past decade have combined to impact the way in which corporations approach their relationships with governments. Many international companies, operating in a variety of markets, find it necessary to engage regulators and governments in a wide range of countries and jurisdictions and, often, to coordinate their activities.

Our public affairs capability focuses on three major jurisdictions: the United States, the European Union – particularly the EU Institutions in Brussels – and the United Kingdom, and the cross-border interaction between them. In each area, the firm provides clients with strategic advice to deal with local and national issues.

In the case of the European Union, our network of associates in the national capitals assists clients to manage the complexity of the EU institutions and their relationships with individual European governments. The Global Consulting Group’s consultants also have significant experience in representing clients before the United Nations and other international organizations.

Our approach to public affairs is characterized by the intimate involvement of at least one senior consultant in every client situation. Public affairs issues and problems invariably require the ‘hand of experience’, and it is our senior consultants who analyze problems and design the most effective strategy to solve them. This may include lobbying in which case the firm’s consultants work at the highest levels with key players from the entire political spectrum. It may require developing broad-based coalitions of grass roots organizations, or reaching out to labor unions, trade associations, and other interest groups.

Our clients are able to draw upon public affairs specialists and lobbyists who have broad government experience, sector expertise, and long-standing relationships with relevant agencies and governmental bodies. This accounts for the firm’s distinctive ability to look beyond traditional approaches and to develop programs that are individually tailored to the client’s situation and needs.

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