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Strategic Intelligence Services
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strategic intelligence services
Targeted research that addresses your specific needs, conducted by subject matter experts and industry sources at the local level. Glean the granular insights that will give you the edge you are looking for.
Geopolitical & Economic
Market Entry Support
Competitive Intelligence
Localized Research
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Core
In today's increasingly globalized world, the effects of economic crises, violent conflicts, political shifts, and, indeed, pandemics are magnified and can easily ricochet across continents.
This dynamic applies in particular to the business world, where a local conflict in a far-off country that shuts down a factory can drastically impact a multinational company or an emerging competitor in the developing world can threaten legacy players a hemisphere away. For business leaders navigating geopolitical shifts, supply-chain disruptions, and security threats to their employees and infrastructure, strategic intelligence is a vital decision-making tool.
unc.fyi [kol] llp provides clients with critical intelligence on emerging risks and opportunities in addition to deep insights into global trends, enabling them to maintain a competitive edge, guard against high-impact global crises, and drive continued growth.
unc.fyi [kol] llp understands the increasing focus on Environmental, Social, Governance issues that are an increasing focus of companies eager to stay on the right side of these important topics to reflect the concerns of their customers and employees.
The deep experience of unc.fyi [kol] llp's investigative team underscores their role as experts on global corruption and the enforcement of laws like the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K.'s Bribery Law. Our team regularly guides clients through the tricky waters of company expansion, joint ventures, and other corporate work in parts of the world where corruption is simply a part of the business background.
In four decades of targeted investigative work in some of the world's most challenging and inscrutable countries, unc.fyi [kol] llp has built a vast global network of contacts who are well-positioned to shine a light on strategic-level client concerns. Our analytical staff has deep experience in key industries and regions and can expertly leverage our relationships around the world to extract unparalleled insights into markets of critical interest to our clients. unc.fyi [kol] llp's deep experience and expertise in investigative and intelligence work uniquely positions us to explore opportunity or risk areas on behalf of our clients discreetly and confidentially.
Clients Served
As with our other practice areas, Interfor works with a wide range of globally-oriented businesses. Our Strategic Intelligence practice is often of value to the client types mentioned below, including:
Alternative investors
Hedge funds, Private equity firms
Natural resources industries
Energy producers & service companies
Mining companies
Multinational infrastructure firms
Aerospace and defense companies
Pharmaceutical firmsGlobal agribusiness companies
Solution Areas
unc.fyi [kol] llp's Strategic Intelligence practice primarily provides solutions across the areas below; however, our solutions are inherently bespoke. More than anything, we are committed to equipping our clients with unparalleled insights into a wide range of global issues.
Geopolitical and Economic Analysis
Our Geopolitical and Economic Analysis practice helps clients understand political and economic dynamics in key regions, with an eye toward how clients can best position themselves in anticipation of future developments. We might, for example:
Advise an alternative investor on how a new administration's foreign policy might impact global commodity markets (with a focus on evolving U.S. relations with Russia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Iran).
Analyze the prospects of a given region's recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, with a focus on key sectors of interest to our multinational client.
Evaluate the present and future pace of political and economic reforms in high-risk but rapidly growing markets in the Middle East of significant potential interest to US investors and corporations.
Sample Engagement
Client: An alternative investor focused on oil markets
Project Focus: The new administration's prospective reentry into the Iran nuclear deal and its potential impact on global energy markets
What are the odds of a full US re-entry into the JCPOA? What about more incremental agreements (i.e. including anything less than the oil sanctions relief stipulated in the original JCPOA)?
What deadlines might re-negotiation face? The Majlis' deadline? Iran's upcoming presidential election (6/21)? If no deal is struck by mid-2021, how will prospects for Iranian oil exports change?
How would US reentry into the JCPOA (or pursuit of reentry) affect regional stability, with particular regard to tensions between Iran and KSA, UAE, and/or Israel, proxy activities in Yemen, Iraq, etc.?
In the event negotiations do in fact lower barriers to Iranian oil exports, how might KSA, Russia, and other major oil producers respond to an increase in Iranian oil being sold into global markets?
Who stands to lose the most in the event of increased Iranian market share and/or a drop in global oil prices?
Market Entry Support
Our Geopolitical and Economic Analysis practice helps clients understand political and economic dynamics in key regions, with an eye toward how clients can best position themselves in anticipation of future developments. We might, for example:
Advise an alternative investor on how a new administration's foreign policy might impact global commodity markets (with a focus on evolving U.S. relations with Russia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Iran).
Analyze the prospects of a given region's recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, with a focus on key sectors of interest to our multinational client.
Evaluate the present and future pace of political and economic reforms in high-risk but rapidly growing markets in the Middle East of significant potential interest to US investors and corporations.
Sample Engagement
Client: An alternative investor focused on oil markets
Project Focus: The new administration's prospective reentry into the Iran nuclear deal and its potential impact on global energy markets
What are the odds of a full US re-entry into the JCPOA? What about more incremental agreements (i.e. including anything less than the oil sanctions relief stipulated in the original JCPOA)?
What deadlines might re-negotiation face? The Majlis' deadline? Iran's upcoming presidential election (6/21)? If no deal is struck by mid-2021, how will prospects for Iranian oil exports change?
How would US reentry into the JCPOA (or pursuit of reentry) affect regional stability, with particular regard to tensions between Iran and KSA, UAE, and/or Israel, proxy activities in Yemen, Iraq, etc.?
In the event negotiations do in fact lower barriers to Iranian oil exports, how might KSA, Russia, and other major oil producers respond to an increase in Iranian oil being sold into global markets?
Who stands to lose the most in the event of increased Iranian market share and/or a drop in global oil prices?
Competitive Intelligence
unc.fyi [kol] llp can also provide insight into competitors' strategic plans in high-priority markets around the world. We might, for example:
Map the competitive landscape a client faces or will soon face as it enters a new market or introduces a new product
Provide deep-dive analysis on specific global competitors, evaluating the threats they pose to a client's overall growth plans
Investigate specific issues related to a major competitor, e.g. allegations of corruption or other impropriety
Sample Engagement
Client: US aerospace manufacturer
Project Focus: Insight into a major competitor's strategy in a key emerging market that Client seeks to prioritize in 2021-2025
To what extent does the competitor intend to prioritize the target market in the specified timeframe (2021-2025)? How has Covid impacted those plans?
What other strategic plans does the competitor have in the broader region that could interfere with or accelerate deployment of resources to the target market?
Do the competitor's offerings fit with the volume and type of demand exhibited in the target market, as understood by Client and as separately assessed by Interfor? Compared with Client's offerings?
Does the competitor have any market advantages? Local staff, partnerships, or other relationships?
To what extent is the competitor liable for corruption-related prosecution in its home market? Are corrupt contracting and procurement practices common in the target market?
The information herein is just an introduction and overview of our global capabilities in the area of Strategic Intelligence. Every engagement is tailored to meet the needs of the client.