Case Stud­ies

The Prob­lem

Our client was con­sid­er­ing the acqui­si­tion of a min­ing oper­a­tion and want­ed an in-depth and com­pre­hen­sive geopo­lit­i­cal assess­ment to inform his deci­sion-mak­ing and enable a greater under­stand­ing of the geopo­lit­i­cal risks and opportunities.

The Approach

We held an intro­duc­to­ry meet­ing with the client to dis­cuss the back­ground, con­text and strate­gic acqui­si­tion details at length in order to con­firm and agree the scope of the assess­ment and the pri­ma­ry require­ments. We rec­om­mend­ed that the assess­ment pro­vid­ed a fore­cast of asso­ci­at­ed future geopo­lit­i­cal devel­op­ments and threats and an assess­ment of the cur­rent risks and oppor­tu­ni­ties. We advised the client that we would require fur­ther engage­ment to ensure a well-informed under­stand­ing of the client’s busi­ness, oper­a­tions and inten­tions so as to inform the focus of the assess­ment accordingly.

The Out­come

We pro­duced a com­pre­hen­sive geopo­lit­i­cal assess­ment to meet the client’s require­ments, inform­ing his deci­sion-mak­ing about the acqui­si­tion of the asset. We talked the client through our assess­ment and judge­ments and pro­vid­ed plen­ty of time for ques­tions, dis­cus­sion and debate of the analy­sis and the ​‘So What’ fac­tor. We were sub­se­quent­ly asked by the client to deliv­er a fol­low-on Cours­es of Action analy­sis prod­uct for a relat­ed busi­ness venture.