FAQs

• How is the analyst programme structured?

  In your first weeks, you will complete comprehensive training to understand our business, our clients and how we work. You will then undertake three placements of c. 4 months across our teams, depending on client needs and business priorities. We aim to match analysts with their personal interests, but also aim to ensure that graduate analysts receive a wide and well-rounded exposure to our entire business. GC’s sector and horizontal teams cover and advise investors and corporations on health, climate and sustainability, energy, trade, technology, media and telecoms (TMT), financial services and geopolitics.

• How many analysts are going to be accepted onto the programme?

  We have six available places in total for London and Brussels analysts.

• Can I talk to someone at Global Counsel before applying?

  We host open houses in London & Brussels as an opportunity to meet the team and ask any questions you have about the programme or life at GC.

• When will interviews take place?

  Interviews will take place in-person in London & Brussels in w/c 17 April.

• Will I have a choice in which practices / rotations I get to do?

  The aim of the programme is for analysts to experience a breadth of GC practices and develop their analytical, writing and quantitative skills. Preferences will be noted but rotations will be determined based on personal development requirements and business need.

• What’s your hybrid working policy?

  GC has a flexible working policy, colleagues split their time between working from home and spending time in the office. The first fortnight of induction training is delivered in-person in London graduate analysts will be required to attend in person. GC’s employees are normally expected to work at least two days per week from the office. However, we encourage our employees to come in to the office as often possible, as we believe being surrounded by your peers and teams is the best way to develop your skills, interests and critical business networks that you will carry with you throughout your career (both at GC and beyond).

• What happens after the analyst programme?

  Depending on performance and business need, our intention is that successful analysts move on to become associates on permanent contracts at Global Counsel. If you are on a PSW visa during the programme, we would expect you to move to the Global Counsel office in the country where you have permanent work rights before the expiration of your PSW visa.

• I don't have a masters, can I apply?

  Yes! We seek individuals with a demonstrated interest in politics, policy and regulation and the way these impact commercial sectors. While many of our recent graduate analysts have completed masters programmes, we welcome applications from undergraduates who can demonstrate a strong interest in politics, policy and regulation. Academic qualifications matter less to us than your interest in GC’s work and your ability to work well in a team.

• Can I apply if I do not have a British or European passport?

   

  Before applying for the analyst programme, you will need to have the right to work in either London or Brussels without employer-sponsorship covering the entire 12-month contract. You must also have the permanent right to work in one of the following countries: the UK, EU, US, Qatar or Singapore – this is to ensure Global Counsel is able to offer those who successfully complete the programme a permanent contract.

   

• I’m in London on a post-study work (PSW) visa, can I apply?

  You can apply for the analyst programme if you are on a UK PSW visa provided you then have the permanent right to work in another GC office location. To apply, you must have the permanent right to work in one of the following countries: the UK, EU, US, Qatar or Singapore. We cannot accept your application if you only have a PSW visa and cannot prove you have citizenship or other permanent work rights in one of GC’s office locations.