Tech, media and telecoms

GC provided regulatory and government affairs support to a fast-growing social media platform in two ways. First, by providing comprehensive policy analysis and political insight across markets to engage on issues like data protection, data localization, online safety, and digital competition. Second, by offering senior counsel to the CEO and other senior figures on global public policy and corporate engagement strategy. This includes how the company’s commercial strategy and rollout of new products and services interacts with political and regulatory factors.

GC acts as the on-the-ground public policy team in the UK, EU and Central & Eastern Europe for a US freelancing platform, providing insight and intelligence into key political and regulatory developments and advising on their potential impact on the company. Flowing from this analysis, GC provides stakeholder engagement mapping, strategy and support services to help the client engage in key policies, such as the EU’s Platform Workers Directive, as well as engage with the potential agenda of the next UK government.  

GC supported an EdTech company looking to understand UK government procurement processes and the general trends around public sector digitisation. In addition to stakeholder mapping, and analysis of procurement opportunities and process, GC helped the company with convening events looking at the opportunities afforded to public services by greater uptake of technology, attended by senior stakeholders. 

GC worked with a major telecoms operator to re-shape its political brand to enhance the impact of its public policy engagement with European policymakers. The project included in-depth analysis of the client’s business model and potential points of difference, an assessment of the European policy landscape and expectations of key policymakers, a competitor review, and stress testing of the chosen branding with GC’s network. GC also played a key role in socialising the new political brand with internal teams across the client’s business. The new brand was adopted and integrated into all the client’s external communications with policy audiences.  

GC provides integrated public policy support to a leading foundation model provider and leader in generative AI. This covers the UK, EU and EU member states, as well as on the ground support at major international events at Davos. The GC team provides support on key legislation like the EU’s AI Act, broader policy agendas like copyright and elections, and full stakeholder engagement support, including events convening in London and Brussels.  

GC acts as a research partner for a leading networking association in the tech sector focused on founders, startups and venture capital funds. The GC team designed two quantitative surveys and provided data interpretation and analysis which formed the evidence base of the organisation’s major thought leadership reports for that year.