Managing Critical Issues & Risks Across Emerging Markets

We help companies and investors to understand the fast-changing geopolitical environment and engage with local stakeholders, supporting market access and growth.

Market Leadership

Speyside is the leading Corporate Affairs & Public Policy consultancy across Emerging Markets.

Global Presence

Our own local teams on the ground across Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East & Africa.

Strategic Expertise

Deep expertise and experience working on critical issues for private and public sectors.

Why Speyside

Our specialist global practice groups work seamlessly with our own local teams on-the-ground across Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East & Africa.

Senior international consultants based in key global emerging market centers, offering unrivaled IP & experience built over multiple decades

The very best local consultants on the ground in offices across all global emerging markets, bringing deep local knowledge and contacts

Business is resourced, structured, and managed to ensure all clients have senior consultancy at all times, focused on commercial goals

Strong track record of delivering multi-country mandates in complex and challenging markets

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Public Affairs
PPWR Implementation Debate Intensifies: CEE Pushes for Clarity as August Deadline Nears
Speyside Group provides a strategic perspective on PPWR implementation 2026, examining the political and commercial risks emerging as the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) approaches its August 12, 2026 application date. With a CEE-led coalition of eight Member States pressing the Commission for clarity, unresolved PFAS testing methodologies, and around 30 delegated acts still pending, the article identifies the key compliance pressure points and investment risks for businesses operating across the Single Market.
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Latin America
The Real Power Map for Brazil's Next President: Congress, the Courts, and the Central Bank.
Speyside examines what Brazil's 2026 election will and will not change. The question that matters more for companies working in the country isn't who wins in October, but how much real power either candidate will have in a system where Congress, the courts, and independent institutions are increasingly the ones calling the shots
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Social License To Operate
The most expensive risk in mining rarely appears in the financial model.
Speyside Group provides an analytical assessment of the social license to operate in mining and the above-ground risks now shaping critical minerals investment across Asia Pacific. As permitting, community influence, and resource nationalism intensify, technical strength alone no longer guarantees returns. This insight examines how investors can evaluate permitting, social legitimacy, and operating-environment stability, and how companies can build the trust that increasingly determines market access, project delivery, and long-term value.
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