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Introduction
Globally experienced consultants with a pedigree in managing issues and building corporate brands for foreign investors and emerging market blue chips
Our Latin America practice supports foreign investors with market entry and expansion by managing corporate reputation and government relations
Our Global Strategic Marketing practice works with emerging market companies to build and manage profile in key global finance, trade and regulatory centers, supporting cross-border growth
Latin America
Reach across Latin America – combining global expertise with experienced local consultants
Three specialist practice groups:
• Corporate Communications
• Government Relations
• Investor Relations
Support foreign direct investors in market entry and expansion, especially:
• Greenfield investment
• Corporate restructuring
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Issues and crisis management
Global Marketing Consulting
• Crafting and delivering campaigns targeting global media, analysts and opinion formers
• Direct lobbying to influence decision makers on regulation or policy
Working with emerging market companies and governments to build awareness and influence opinion among key global business, financial and regulatory decision makers
Typically engaged to support cross-border growth and headline corporate issues – focusing on regulation, litigation & transaction support, especially IPO and M&A
Corporate Communications
We specialise in heavy industry sectors: energy & environment, transportation, mining & metals, and agribusiness
We anticipate and manage issues, using: • Media relations• Stakeholder outreach • Social responsibility• Sponsorship and donation programs
Team experience includes • AES • ArcelorMittal• CEMEX• Du Pont• Macquarie
Government Relations
Intelligence •Early warning on regulatory and legislative trends and issues•Identification of formal and informal decision makers and processes•Auditing of attitudes and opinions
Strategy & Implementation• Outreach and engagement programs• Advocacy campaigns, including
parliamentary lobbying• Issues & crisis management• Campaign/strategy evaluation
Team experience includes:• GE• HP• E.ON• Syngenta• US Steel
Investor Relations
We help clients build their own in-house IR function and provide ongoing counsel or support for key events
Partner with leading U.S. and European investor relations firms, working as lead or support agency
Particularly strong on cross-border IPO and M&A support. Recent team experience includes:
• ArcelorMittal• Rosneft• Visa
Foreign Direct Investment
Team experience includes• Advanced Power• ArcelorMittal• Holcim• Lenovo• Tenaris• US Steel• Veolia
Act as extension of clients’ team – your eyes and ears on the ground – frank assessment of opportunities and risks of a given investment plan
•Market intelligence to support due diligence and site-selection•Government relations to maximise incentives & smooth market entry •Manage public opinion in permitting and construction processes•Support trade profiling, recruitment and issues management.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Bulk of our M&A work is transactional: supporting a bid, crafting a defence strategy, driving up the value or helping secure regulatory approvals
Team experience includes• Enel• GE• Groupama• Tenaris• Unicredit
Much of what we do is behind-the-scenes counsel to existing company spokespersons on content and timing
Corporate Restructuring
Experience supporting corporate restructuring, primarily in large-scale heavy industry sectors driven by post-acquisition or bank-led restructuring
We know change management, employee communication, external stakeholder management and rebranding
Team experience includes • ArcelorMittal• E.ON• Groupama• Tenaris
Crisis Preparedness and Management
Wide-ranging experience from issues and crisis mapping and manual development to real life crisis management
Extensive training programmes, including theory, case studies and ‘live fire’ scenarios
Team experience includes• GE• Google• Holcim• Pioneer Hi-Bred
Principals
Alistair McLeish, Chairman• Founder and Chairman of Mmd, which he grew organically to become undisputed leader across 19 countries• Corporate communications specialist providing board-level counsel on crisis management, foreign investment & IPO
Ian Herbison, CEO• Emerging markets specialist • Senior level corporate consultant, leading cross-border campaigns • Extensive experience in Greenfield investment, M&A and government affairs
Energy & Environment
Able to: •Navigate regulatory landscape•Identify & engage stakeholders •Develop critical relationships while safeguarding reputation
We know oil & gas, power generation transmission and trading, and utilities
Team experience includes• AES• GE Energy• Enel• E.ON• Veolia
Mining & Metals
Experience of support throughout mining lifecycle, from exploration to project development, operations and sales & marketing
Team experience includes• ArcelorMittal• Gabriel Resources• Tenaris• TMK• US Steel• Wildhorse Energy
Safeguard corporate reputation: • Support permitting• Public consultation• Community relations• Issues management• Support junior companies with trade profiling prior to exit
Agribusiness
Manage brand reputation for food producers and processors, agrichemicals and biotechnology companies
We formerly ran leading European agribusiness communications consultancy, HQ from the UK.
Team experience includes • Monsanto• ICI• Du Pont• Pfizer • John Deere
Transportation
Specialists in automotive and aviation manufacturing, transport infrastructure and transport operators: road, rail, sea and air
Experience includes greenfield investments, privatisation and M&A, public sector tender support, and issues/crisis management
Team experience includes• Global Infrastructure Partners• Gripen• Lockheed Martin• Macquarie• Scania
Contact
For further information please visit our website at www.speysidecr.com or contact us at [email protected]