We help our clients anticipate the policy and regulatory debates that impact innovative industries both in the US and internationally. In collaboration with The Messina Group’s team in the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere on the West Coast, our global sectoral and policy experts leverage this presence to support clients at the heart of technological innovation and venture capital in the US.
Whether start-ups or established companies, we help clients assess political or policy risks to their commercial plans, identify opportunities for commercial networking, and provide strategic counsel and positioning advice.
In close coordination with our offices in Washington, DC and across regulatory capitals in London, Brussels, Singapore, and more, we help clients based on the West Coast not only understand but also actively engage in the global regulatory debates that will determine the future of tech policy in the US and abroad.
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West Coast as the engine of US innovative industries
Our team provides expert coverage of sectoral developments and regulatory movement, ensuring that our clients anticipate policy change. We advise tech and venture capital high-growth scale-up investors, both on a retained basis and for their portfolios.
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International engagement and convening
We guide clients on the West Coast to shape their messaging and impact with international stakeholders, including key institutions from the UK and EU, as they bolster their diplomatic presence in the region.
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Market strategy and fundraising
For start-ups, we develop strategic campaigns and narratives that strengthen their position with relevant stakeholders, including furthering opportunities for investment, funding, and expanded partnerships.
Our team
Our team of former policymakers, government relations advisers and regulatory and sectoral experts bring diverse experience from the public and private sectors. They have worked with national and supranational institutions, think tanks, commercial consultancies, and non-governmental organisations.
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Jim
Messina
Jim is the CEO of The Messina Group, providing strategic consulting to businesses around the world and drawing on his experience winning public policy campaigns on six continents.
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Conan
D'Arcy
Conan advises clients on a range of policy challenges including global AI regulation, competition, investment frameworks in telecoms markets, employment policy and the ‘gig economy’, data protection, and cybersecurity legislation.
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Abram
Smith
Abram leads The Messina Group’s blockchain practice covering DeFi projects to leading wallets and exchanges to Layer 1 blockchains and global NFT marketplaces.
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Rebecca
Park
Rebecca advises financial services firms and investors navigating the political and policy regulatory agenda as it impacts commercial decisions.
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Adrian
Durbin
Adrian is a senior communications and government relations expert with more than twenty years of experience handling corporate, financial, crisis, policy, and executive communications, often in high-pressure environments.
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Megan
Stagman
Megan works with tech clients to help shape their policy and market strategy across a range of issues in the UK and EU including AI, digital competition, public sector digitisation and future mobility.