Our bespoke practice offerings for you
Public Advocacy
Public Advocacy
At Washington Global Advisors (WGA), we understand that the multitiered world of U.S. Congressional lobbying may seem daunting to foreign companies and individuals engaged in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) or to those dealing with the U.S. government. Our ethos lies in developing targeted and impactful advocacy strategies that ensures meaningful engagement and influence. We prioritize strict adherence to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA), ensuring full compliance while advancing your interests. Our tailored approach is dedicated to delivering tangible and measurable outcomes that align with your strategic objectives.
Research
Research
Our expertise in research at WGA is unparalleled, with our core strength in political analysis as our forte. We excel at providing clear insights and strategic guidance through complex situations that require risk mitigation. Our understanding of context brings clarity to difficult circumstances that require a meticulous, boots-on-the-ground, deep-dive knowledge of the country and the surrounding region. Our competitive frame of reference is anchored by decades of experience in the countries that we cover, and insight into emerging change that might affect our clients and their operations. Our guiding principle is to earn the trust of our clients by making informed recommendations on their behalf.
Interagency Advocacy
Interagency Advocacy
The vast expanse of the Federal Government encompasses a multitude of agencies, each dedicated to a specific domain ranging from ensuring food safety, international trade issues, sanctions, as well as advancing national security. This complex web of governance is often administered through interagency efforts and resolutions. This process can sometimes be collaborative, and in other instances a degree of overlap, or competition, can result in determinations that will reflect a complex dynamic of diverse perspectives and interests. At Washington Global Advisors (WGA) our approach is always collaborative. We are grounded in a spirit of cooperation, underpinned by a rigorous adherence to factual evidence, backed by primary data sources, and bolstered by an unwavering determination to navigate the multifaceted bureaucratic landscape effectively.
Business Intelligence
Business Intelligence
In business, optics and narratives matter. Preconceived notions regarding relationships between private companies and governments overseas can often be misunderstood. The spread of misinformation or disinformation generated by competitors or simply bad actors in the home country, can be devastating for any company that has plans to invest in the US. At WGA, we understand the transition process that has taken place in the former Soviet and East European countries since 1989 (and other emerging countries in Asia), and how historical factors taken out of context sometimes hinders the growth prospects of some entrepreneurs as they become more global. At WGA, we recognize that collaboration between the private sector and government does not inherently imply undue influence, "capture” or corruption. Through our comprehensive deep-dive research, and extensive network built up over decades, we can alleviate unwarranted allegations and restore a reputation that truly reflects the company's core values and business intent.
Our Work
Political Risk Mitigation
Client has a diverse business portfolio and needs to have USGOV engagement at many different levels in WASHDC and in Europe. Our outreach covers DOD personnel, State, DOC, media and the EU diplomatic community. Our purview includes security and commercial risk mitigation.
Reputational Restoration
Client operates in a sometimes politically volatile environment where political alliances are evolving, and they need to make trade-offs between the status quo and future prospects for their business. We run a multi-tiered advisory service for the client, assisting them with a new road map that will mitigate some of the political turbulence, while charting their new deliberate, yet incremental policy changes.
Multi-level Impact
Client has a diverse business portfolio and needs to have USGOV engagement at many different levels in WASHDC and in Europe. Our outreach covers DOD personnel, State, DOC, media and the EU diplomatic community. Our purview includes security and commercial risk mitigation.
Europe
Albania
Bulgaria
Kosovo
North Macedonia
Bosnia
Croatia
Montenegro
SerBia
Slovenia
The former Yugoslavia, Albania and Bulgaria are the countries that we focus on for our clients and their needs in Washington DC and the EU. Although we have extensive relationships throughout Eastern Europe from the Black Sea to the Baltics, our preference will always be the Balkan and Balkan-adjacent countries. This region is the last “unincorporated” area when it comes to EU Membership and the economic and rule of law benefits that this supranational union brings to the table.
Asia
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Washington Global Advisors (WGA) has an emerging practice to assist clients in selected countries in Asia where our in-house experiences and strengths can add value on all four of our practice offerings. Currently we are engaged with the Philippines, Sri Lanka and ROC Taiwan. Manila under new leadership with President Marcos is becoming a serious competitor to other ASEAN countries in the IT and manufacturing space, while its strategic value has increased as the PRC tests Philippine sovereignty and resolve daily.
Sri Lanka is also emerging as a reliable partner to the US. After the elections in Q4 of 2024, a more broad-based government might emerge and renewed political stability could be forthcoming as the need for economic, political and land reform takes center stage. Taiwan has always been a crucial partner of the US on numerous economic fronts. It’s strategic importance and manufacturing base has now made the ROC an indispensable contributor for the US economy that guarantees it will have front-page relevance for years to come.
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