Automotive & Mobility
Vehicle regulation, licensing regimes and the transition to electric and automated transport.
Expertise.
Capabilities
What we do.
Government relations & advocacy
We develop policy positions, identify the institutions and stakeholders that matter, and support engagement on legislation and regulation affecting our clients’ businesses.
Strategic communications & crisis
We develop messages, prepare for scrutiny and manage engagement with media and other stakeholders during corporate developments and crises.
Market entry & expansion
We assess the political and regulatory conditions for entering a market and support engagement with authorities and local stakeholders through launch and expansion.
Political risk & transaction advisory
We assess how regulation, government priorities and stakeholder opposition could affect an investment or transaction, including political due diligence and foreign investment screening considerations.
Corporate & executive positioning
We help companies and senior leaders shape positions and thought leadership on business-critical issues and prepare for engagements with policymakers, media and other stakeholders.
Sectors
Sector experience.
We work across regulated markets, with experience in all major sectors.
Energy & Infrastructure
Navigating siting, permitting and public policy for major infrastructure investments.
Technology & Digital
Platform and AI regulation, data rules and the digital-sovereignty debate.
Industrials, Materials & Defence
Procurement, industrial policy, supply chains and sovereignty requirements.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Reimbursement, approval pathways and the politics of health system reform.
Clients
Who we advise.
Investors, corporations and organisations that carry political questions alongside commercial interests.
Selected work
Political groundwork for large-scale investment and development
Screened sites, coordinated government relations and managed stakeholder engagement for two large-scale investments: an industrial site-selection process and a 100-hectare development site.
Selected work
Assessing the German defence market
Researched the German defence market ahead of a billion-euro funding decision.
Selected work
Communications around local operational concerns
Supported crisis communications following concerns around a production facility and in the surrounding neighbourhood.
Selected work
Supporting a multi-city mobility rollout
Supported a mobility start-up’s licensing processes in more than 25 cities across Germany, Austria and Switzerland and organised roundtables with municipal stakeholders in each city.
Selected work
Alliance-building for electric vehicles on European roads
Conceptualised and organised an industry alliance to give battery electric vehicle (BEV) manufacturers a single voice in Berlin and Brussels.