Multi-level actor and authority map
Formal negotiators, principals, veto players, coalition brokers and implementation authorities, with their interests, mandates and capacity to move the outcome.
Negotiations
Shape the architecture before entering the room.
We prepare and accompany complex negotiations, from defining objectives through agreement and implementation.
The decision behind the brief
The formal bargain is only one layer of the negotiation.
Complex negotiations are governed simultaneously by the text on the table, the coalitions behind each party, domestic or institutional approval rules, budget authority, precedent and the risk of implementation failure. We combine senior negotiation judgment and live local intelligence with proprietary actor mapping, game-theoretic scenario models and AI-supported analysis of positions, signals and draft language. The objective is to identify packages that remain stable when they move from the room into political approval, legal drafting, financing and delivery.
Possible forms of support
Package and counter-move model
Linked issues, concession costs, approval constraints and likely reactions across alternative sequences, including the consequences of no agreement.
Live negotiation system
A controlled record of positions, signals, commitments and open language, updated into scenarios and instructions throughout the negotiation.
Selected experience
Experience where the outcome matters.
Selected assignments from our experts’ experience advising governments and businesses.
Negotiation strategy
Positioning governments for consequential negotiations
Mapped negotiation positions and advised governments on strategy, helping leadership understand the interests, relationships and strategic choices shaping the negotiating environment.
Ministerial advisory
At the minister’s side in international negotiations
Provided direct advisory and accompaniment to ministers during multilateral negotiations and bilateral meetings, supporting their engagement at moments of political and institutional consequence.
Multilateral positioning
Turning international presence into strategic influence
Advised a government on strengthening its international profile and pursuing results-oriented strategies within multilateral organisations.