News Releases

News Releases

Global Counsel opens office in Washington DC

Global Counsel announced today that it is expanding into America with the opening of an office in Washington DC. Global Counsel has hired a new senior executive to lead the business.

Read more

Hogan warns that Europe is confronted with range of unprecedented policy challenges

LONDON, 15th January 2020 – The European Trade Commissioner will address Global Counsel’s “Politics of Trade” conference at the Royal Society of Arts in London.

Read more

UK CO2 supply chain weakness exposed by critical shortage

LONDON, 10th April 2019 – The critical CO2 shortage experienced by the UK last summer was caused by a combination of increased demand – with England’s progress at the World Cup and an unprecedented heat wave in part to blame – and outages at key production facilities.

Read more

Post-Brexit reality requires UK to go further on developing waste and resources policies

LONDON, 24 October 2018 – As the UK prepares for a post-Brexit future a new research note identifies how Britain needs to do more to extract additional value from the £7.2 billion contribution which the waste industry makes to the UK economy.

Read more

Carlos Gutierrez And Peter Mandelson Offer Recommendations To Governments And Businesses To Ease The Impact Of The Global Trade Crisis

SINGAPORE (September 12, 2018) – In a new joint report, Carlos Gutierrez, Co-Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, and Peter Mandelson, Chair of Global Counsel, warn business leaders that in the current crisis in the international trading system, companies and investors will need to develop new to

Read more

No deal Brexit: will economy be at a turning point?

LONDON, 29 August 2018 – Sluggish business investment, declining goods exports to the EU and mixed signals from consumers are three indicators tracked by Global Counsel which show the UK economy is vulnerable to an upset in the Brexit negotiations.

Read more

Jyrki Katainen stresses the importance of EU values

BRUSSELS, 12 July 2018 - European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen today called for continued openness and improved competitiveness in Europe in the global economy.

Read more

Global Counsel Brexit economic dashboard Q2 2018

LONDON, 14 June 2018 – This is the second quarterly issue of the Global Council Brexit dashboard.

Read more

Global Counsel Brexit economic dashboard Q1 2018

LONDON, 12 March 2018 – This is the first issue of the Global Counsel Brexit economic dashboard. 21 months on from the vote – and with just 12 months before the UK leaves the EU - we can now take the macro pulse of the economy, using a balanced set of 15 indicators each quarter.

Read more

Foreign investment screening is here to stay. New report from Herbert Smith Freehills and Global Counsel charts impact of politics and public interest on cross-border M&A

LONDON, 26 February 2018 – Major changes are happening globally both to the formal policy frameworks for screening inward foreign investments and the way they are used.

Read more