We’re regularly engaged on highly sensitive assignments that involve a merger or due diligence in consideration of a new country. We also work with teams shaping their sector strategy both in the UK and overseas.

Sector Research

  • Independent research to validate what your sector teams are telling you
  • Research to support pension and other valuation reports
  • Identifying the size of the market and growth forecasts
  • Analysing the drivers and challenges shaping a sector
  • Highlighting issues that are opportunities: M&A, legislation, technology, etc
  • Major sub-sectors driving growth to help you prioritise
  • Major companies within a sector
  • Competitors’ strengths in a sector
  • UK and global assignments
  • We also track key developments on a weekly basis for high priority sectors, including news and special interest issues
  • Horizon scanning. Developments that will happen in 5-10 years that will shape a sector
  • To name a few, we have undertaken bespoke research on sectors including: TMT, Pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, Mining, Energy, Insurance, Education, Asset Management

Country Research

  • High level facts – GDP, employment, inflations, risk profile
  • Outlook and growth sentiment
  • Key sectors
  • M&A analysis
  • Major companies – domestic and international
  • Competitors – who they are, number of staff, key practices, rainmakers, significant mandates

Gap Analysis

  • How do competitors position themselves in the market?
  • Analysing the range of services your competitors offer
  • Grouping services to help you spot your shortfall or niche areas
  • Objective feedback on how differentiated you come across and our informed impression of your positioning to the market
  • Client driven gap analysis. What are your clients saying matters to them most? Helping you identify themes that resonate with your target audience
  • We have worked on several practice evaluations, including: regulatory, litigation, corporate responsibility, forensics

We have a team in the UK and Latin America meaning we can provide coverage to most timezones in English and Spanish.

Our clients span the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and increasingly the US.