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The Global Counsel Podcast
On the Global Counsel podcast, you can hear the GC team discuss and debate topical developments in public policy and regulation from around the world.Global Counsel is an advisory firm working with clients around the world to gauge political developments and how these impact both business risk and o...
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The Global Month Ahead: IMF & World Bank Week, Ivory Coast Elections, and Saudi’s FII Summit
As we look ahead to October, host Sewar Quran, Associate Director at Global Counsel, is joined by colleagues to unpack three major developments shapin...

The Global Month Ahead: UK Party Conferences, UNGA 2025, and Moldova’s Elections
As we look ahead to September, host Sewar Quran is joined by Global Counsel colleagues to unpack three key developments shaping international policy a...
The Global Month Ahead: The BRICS summit, 90-day US tariff pause deadline, and the AI for Good Global Summit
As we look ahead to July, host Sewar Quran is joined by Global Counsel colleagues to unpack three major developments shaping international policy and...
The Global Month Ahead: The G7 and NATO summits, Trump's Gulf tour, and the future of UK-EU energy policy
As we look ahead to June, host Sewar Quran is joined by Global Counsel colleagues to unpack three major developments shaping global politics: the G7 a...
The Global Month Ahead: Presidential elections in Poland and Romania, Qatar Economic Forum and 2025 ASEAN Summit
As we look ahead to May, host Sewar Quran is joined by Global Counsel colleagues from across the globe to unpack Romania and Poland’s presidential ele...
The Global Month Ahead: IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings, Navigating the UK Local Elections and Ukraine’s Defence Future
As we look ahead to April, host Sewar Quran is joined by Global Counsel colleagues from across the globe to discuss the UK local elections, the IMF Wo...
The Global Month Ahead: China’s Two Sessions, the UK Spring Statement, Europe’s Defence Dilemma
As we head into March, host Sewar Quran is joined by Global Counsel colleagues across our offices to discuss China’s Two Sessions, the UK Spring State...
The Politics of 2025: the global economic outlook with David Skilling
In this special edition episode of the Global Month Ahead, host Isabelle Trick is joined by David Skilling, a Senior Adviser at Global Counsel and an...
The Global Month Ahead: Federal elections in Germany, African Union votes for new leadership, AI Action Summit in Paris
Ahead of a very busy February, co-hosts Isabelle Trick and Sewar Quran are joined by Global Counsel colleagues across our offices to discuss the feder...
The Global Month Ahead: Trump's second term begins, defence policy in the EU, The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos
In our first episode of 2025, Isabelle Trick is joined by Global Counsel colleagues across our offices to discuss Donald Trump’s second term, developm...
The Global Month Ahead: confidence vote in Germany, multilateral events in the Gulf, Ghana elections
In this month's episode of the Global Month Ahead, Isabelle Trick, Associate Director in our Investor Services team, is joined by Global Counsel colle...
EU Sustainable Finance: anticipating a new Commission's approach
Harrison Coldray, Senior Associate in our Financial Services team, is joined by Heike Schmitz, Partner and Co-Head of ESG EMEA at Herbert Smith Freehi...
UK Sustainable Finance: new government, new approach?
Harrison Coldray, Senior Associate in our Financial Services team, sits down with James Alexander and Oscar Warwick Thompson from the UK Sustainable I...
The Global Month Ahead: The new European Commission, UK party conferences, Germany's regional elections, United Nations General Assembly Week
This month, in our 'Back to school' edition, Isabelle Trick is joined by Global Counsel colleagues across our offices to discuss the new European Comm...
The Global Month Ahead: UK General election, French elections, NATO summit.
On this month’s episode, Isabelle is joined by Practice Director Matt Bevington, Director Ana Gradinaru, Senior Associate Alexander van der Wusten, an...
The Global Month Ahead: European elections, the Biden-Trump debate, G7 leaders summit.
On this month’s episode, Isabelle is joined by Europe Director Tom White, President of GC US Erin Caddell, and Senior Associate Giulia Pasquali.
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The Global Month Ahead: Indian election, final session of the European Parliament, IMF and World Bank spring meetings
On this month’s episode, Isabelle is joined by Senior Practice Director Thomas Gratowski, Senior Associate Ross Nugent, and Europe Director Tom White....
Global Month Ahead: Iranian elections, Russia's presidential election, UK spring budget
On this month’s episode, Isabelle is joined by UK Country Director Alex Dawson, Senior Practice Director Thomas Gratowski and Practice Director Alexan...
Decarbonizing Europe: Navigating the policies and politics of energy in the EU Green Deal
On this episode of the Global Counsel Podcast, Associate Director Anikó Zsebik is joined by Associate Katarzyna Nowacka and Associate Maude Bauman to...
Global Month Ahead: US presidential election, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Presidential election in Indonesia.
Welcome back to the Global Month Ahead, Global Counsel's podcast on the events and stories that will define the month to come.
In each e...
Global Month Ahead: Davos 2024, Taiwan's presidential election, Italy’s G7 Presidency
On this month’s episode, Associate Director Isabelle Trick is joined by Practice Director Alexander Smotrov to discuss what to expect at Davos 2024, S...
Global Month Ahead: EU-China Summit, Egypt’s presidential election, Brazil’s G20 presidency
On this month’s episode, Associate Director Isabelle Trick is joined by Associate Director Alessandro Gangarossa to discuss the upcoming EU-China Summ...
China’s role in climate diplomacy and the green transition: in conversation with Chengyu Fu and Peter Mandelson
In the lead-up to COP28 in Dubai, Global Counsel hosted a digital in-conversation between Global Counsel Chairman, Peter Mandelson, and Chengyu Fu, CO...
UK Cabinet reshuffle: What should we read into David (now Lord) Cameron's appointment?
This week, Practice Director Lilah Howson-Smith, is joined by UK Director Alex Dawson, and Director Denzil Davidson to discuss the Cabinet reshuffle a...
What's next for Nature: In conversation with the Environment Bank
This week, Associate Lucy Cairns is joined by Ecologist and Innovation Lead at Environment Bank Rob Wreglesworth, to unpack the focus on nature at New...
Global Month Ahead: The APEC Summit, COP 28, elections in the Netherlands.
On this month’s episode, Associate Director Isabelle Trick is joined by Senior Associate Ross Nugent, Practice Director Lorna Ritchie, and Senior Asso...
The challenges and opportunities facing global businesses operating in China
In a bonus episode, Keith Zhai, Senior Adviser and former journalist reporting on the interplay of China's internal politics and its global interactio...
Global Month Ahead: UK party conference season, IMF and World Bank annual meetings, European Council Summit
On this month’s episode, Associate Director Isabelle Trick is joined by UK Director Alex Dawson, Senior Practice Director Thomas Gratowski, and Associ...
Global Month Ahead: G20 Leaders’ Summit, Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address, and the IEA’s inaugural Critical Minerals Summit.
On this month’s episode of the Global Month Ahead, Associate Director Isabelle Trick is joined by Senior Associate Ed King, Europe Director Tom White,...
Biodiversity Credits: Are they the key to unlocking finance for nature?
This week, Senior Associate Alice Brown is joined by Mariana Sarmiento, CEO of Terrasos and Dorothée Herr, Senior Associate at Nature Finance to unpac...
Global Month Ahead: BRICS Summit, G20 Health Ministers Meeting, and Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation Summit
On this episode of the Global Month Ahead, we preview the BRICS Summit, G20 Health Ministers Meeting, and Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organisation Summi...
Why the time is right to pay attention to India’s increasing global influence
This week on the Global Counsel Podcast, Senior Adviser Tiffany McDonald is joined by Associates Ross Nugent and Ed King to unpack India's growing sig...
Previewing the Spanish EU Council Presidency: Energy, geopolitics, and trade
This week on the Global Counsel podcast, we turn to our Brussels office to preview the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU). J...
Global Month Ahead: Russia-Africa Summit, UK Mansion House Speech, and NATO Leaders Summit
Welcome back to the Global Month Ahead, your briefing on the biggest events to come in the month of July, hosted by Associate Director Isabelle Trick....
The digital euro and wider payments policy reform: Evolution or revolution for the EU?
On June 28th, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposals on reforming the EU’s payments and open finance rules while also setting ou...
What the EU's new Due Diligence legislation means for investors and corporates
The European Union's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence legislation promises far-reaching implications for European and foreign companies operatin...
Global Month Ahead: Elections in Spain, Shangri-La Dialogue, Summit on a New Global Financing Pact
Welcome back to the Global Month Ahead, your briefing on the events that will define the month to come, hosted by Associate Director Isabelle Trick.
What we learned about China's economic recovery on a trip to Hong Kong
A GC team has just returned from Hong Kong, where we held discussions with a series of private domestic and foreign investors about the outlook for Ch...
Global Month Ahead: Turkish elections, G7 summit, and a grain deal in Ukraine
This month, Isabelle Trick is joined by Ed King to preview the upcoming G7 summit, Thomas Gratowski looks towards pivotal elections in Turkey, and Ale...
The geopolitics and economics of the UK's biggest post-Brexit trade deal
This week on the podcast, Associate Ross Nugent is joined by Senior Advisers Tiffany McDonald and Ong Kian Ming to discuss the UK's recent decision to...