Research Analyst, Trade & Industrial Policy
Please submit application by 12pm on 4 July 2025
Global Counsel (GC) is hiring a new position to support its growing Trade and Industrial Policy Practice, in London. The successful candidate will work across a range of international clients, including some of the most prestigious companies in life sciences, manufacturing, consumer goods, retail, and services sectors.
The role will focus on researching and analysing highly political issues such as goods and services trade; policy initiatives linked to economic security; industrial strategies; and tariffs, all of which have the potential to impact our client’s global business strategies.
The successful candidate will provide critical support in the development of strategic advice to clients on trade-related policy developments and evolving compliance frameworks globally and the political pressures for reforming them. It is an opportunity to further develop expertise at the interface between business, politics, and the system of international trade rules.
This is an exciting time to join Global Counsel as we grow globally. Examples of Global Counsel work in this area can be found in the analysis and blog sections of our website.
Role and responsibilities
- Monitor developments through primary sources across a wide range of relevant policy issues impacting trade in goods and investments, judging when and how to advise clients.
- Conduct desk research on technical trade and industrial policy issues, correctly identifying appropriate sources and information relevant to the clients.
- Present information clearly and compellingly in written form and through the visualisation of relevant data, including by drafting policy papers, slide decks and reports.
- Identify key stakeholders in this area across public policy landscape, and help clients plan engagement with them, for example, organising roundtable events.
Skills and profile
- Excellent written English and comfort in using core software for data interpretation and visualisation, including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- 6-12 months experience providing advice on trade and industrial policy issues in government, parliament, think tanks, trade associations, consultancies, and/or companies’ in-house policy team.
- Keen interest in trade-related policy, legislation, and regimes; including trade remedies, tariffs, and export controls, and their application to key economic sectors including life sciences, manufacturing, consumer goods, retail, and services.
- Knowledge and understanding of policymaking processes in the trade and industrial policy in the UK and/or other major markets.
- Has deep intellectual curiosity and energy, able to grasp new issues, scan the horizon for threats and opportunities, and grow to be able to provide well-argued advice to clients.
- A motivated self-starter who works well independently and as part of a team.
- Commercially minded and with an interest in understanding how politics, policy and regulations can affect businesses.
- This is a full-time role based in London with the possibility for work travel.
- Salary and other benefits are competitive and dependent on experience.
- Department
- Trade and Industrial Policy
- Locations
- London
Colleagues
London
Why join
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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.
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A competitive salary and bonus structure, a robust benefits package and opportunities to work from our offices across the world.
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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.