An op-ed by Alex Dawson, Practice Lead for UK Politics and Policy.
Thomas Gratowski, an expert on geopolitics who heads Global Counsel’s MENA office in Doha, told The Media Line that the decision also enhances Qatar’s standing among the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), with which it has had some turbulent relations in the last few years.
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Alexander Smotrov, Practice Lead for CEE, joined a segment on LBC to discuss Russia's crackdown on independent journalism and the crisis in Ukraine.
“They needed to make a move because otherwise they would face a lot of reputational issues at home and globally,” said Alexander Smotrov, who leads the Russia and Central and Eastern Europe practice at Global Counsel, a London-based consulting firm.
Alex Dawson, Practice Lead for UK politics and policy, contributed an op-ed on the Russia-Ukraine war from a UK perspective.
Beata Stepantchenko, who advises private equity firms on risks in different regions as an associate in the political due diligence team at Global Counsel, expects “disturbances to supply chains not only in Ukraine but in the neighbouring countries and even in the global supply chain market”.
In Russia, it is the incoming global sanctions that will hit deal flow, Stepantchenko added: “There’ll definitely be the possibility of sanctions. They [PE firms] need to understand what has been blocked and what are the resources they’ll be able to use in Russia. For example, some payment methods might be disrupted.”
Asia Practice Lead Andrew Yeo contributed a piece of analysis on Singapore's Budget 2022.
Global Counsel senior associate Marissa Lee:
"The decision to ramp up the carbon tax more quickly while allowing for offsets as a means for reducing tax liability is a bold one, and will certainly help to catalyse a shift to clean energy. Singapore's original plan to gradually raise the tax to S$10-S$15 a tonne by 2030 would have been insufficient to achieve the 2015 Paris Agreement's main goal of limiting warming to 2 deg Celsius. Importantly, the government has signalled that Singapore's carbon tax could be raised to S$50-S$80 per tonne by 2030. The IMF (International Monetary Fund) has previously said that advanced economies should strive for a carbon price floor of US$75 per tonne by 2030."
Opinion piece from UK Politics and Policy Practice Lead Alex Dawson.
