Intern, Global Counsel Asia

Global Counsel is seeking an intern to support the work of its Asia team in Singapore, with a focus on politics and policy monitoring and research in identified markets in the region, particularly China and Southeast Asia.

**Role** and responsibilities**
- Research and draft analytical reports and presentations for clients.
- Produce analysis of set-piece political events such as elections, budgets, and major policy announcements.
- Contribute to business development initiatives and help prepare GC colleagues for client presentations and conference speeches.
- Contribute to GC’s house view on relevant policy developments.
- Support existing relationships with clients and a wider network of businesses and policymakers at senior levels.

**Requirements**:
This role is likely a good fit for current students and/or recent graduates able to:

- Provide strategic and evidence-based analysis on public policy in a consultancy or corporate environments. Experience with concise writing and policy monitoring is particularly welcome.
- Describe and analyse policy announcements within the political context of identified regional markets.
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills in English.
- A motivated self-starter who works well independently and as part of a small team.

Department

Asia

Locations

Singapore

Remote status

Hybrid Remote
- Contact Imogen Dunn Senior Associate, HR & Talent

**Why join**:
An opportunity to work with world-class advisers and political experts in a fast-growing firm, alongside a strong professional development program including a personal training budget.A competitive salary and bonus structure, a robust benefits package and opportunities to work from our offices across the world.A commitment to work-life balance, with flexible working, 25 days holiday allowance plus public holidays, enhanced parental leave, discretionary winter holiday office closures, and sabbaticals.

**Our commitment to diversity**:
We are committed to equal opportunities, respect and wellbeing for all staff and applicants for employment. We are committed to building a team that genuinely reflects the diversity of the places we work. We are committed to achieving a culture where there is regard for all and there is no place for discrimination and harassment of any type.

Our aim is for GC to be a company where all our colleagues have the opportunity to grow, develop, succeed and be their authentic selves whatever their sex, race, colour, class, religion, age, national origin, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, redundancy, leaves of absence, salary and training.

**About Global Counsel**:
Global Counsel brings together a team with diverse experience across the public and private sectors. Since our establishment in 2010 we have developed a wide range of services and capabilities for corporates and investors.

Global Counsel helps companies and investors across sectors to anticipate the ways in which politics, regulation and public policymaking create both risk and opportunity, and to develop and implement strategies to meet these challenges. We provide them with due diligence support to build compelling, evidence-based campaigns to engage in policy debates.

Our work is supported by high quality analytical content and collateral that is politically and economically informed and which builds quickly into executable strategy.

Our team is led by former public policymakers and political advisors with experience at the highest level of government. We have offices in London, Brussels, Washington DC, Singapore and Doha and are supported by a network of partners in other key markets.
- Founded in 2010
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