Insight

Our Insight Team

Our insight team help investors and portfolio companies manage domestic and international political, policy and regulatory risks. Our political and regulatory due diligence team together with our political advisory help private equity. Our analysts advise on buy and sell side mandates, enabling investors to identify risks and create value.

Heightened international political risk, including Brexit, Europe and Covid-19, has made political due diligence integral to investment decisions. GK has worked on over 300 deals worth excess of $15bn across a range of sectors – from health and education to energy, infrastructure and financial services – over the last decade. Our policy expertise is uniquely coupled with commercial insight putting risk mitigation and asset value creation at the heart of our work.

Experience

Our team is well-versed in the intricacies of UK politics at both national and local levels. Not confined to UK politics, our global network of consultants allows us to advise on investments in any jurisdiction, combining local expertise with more than 10 years of commercially informed political risk advisory.

Our analysts have a unique perspective and insight into the policy making process from working closely with GK’s strategic communications practice, meaning that we are well-positioned to offer post-deal strategy consulting for the first 100 days and beyond.

Our Offering

In an increasingly connected world, GK offers a suite of insight services to mitigate both external and internal risks. Including ESG (environmental, social and governance) and compliance diligence along with strategy development and delivery beyond deal completion. Our distinct approach to political diligence is informed by our extensive understanding of political, regulatory and reputational impacts that accompany ESG risks and opportunities, ensuring that assets not only comply, but align with societal and consumer expectations, and have the potential for market leadership in their sector.