Consulting

Tailored engagements provide strategic and tactical support for business, investment, and advocacy initiatives.

Garten Rothkopf's consulting services are primarily focused on anticipating the risks and taking advantage of the opportunities created by a rapidly evolving relationship between the public and private sectors.  Our broad expertise also allows us to provide targeted support in the areas of technology, investment, and markets.  We often partner with clients to develop creative and compelling cases – backed by rigorous, interdisciplinary analysis – in support of policy, investment, and business proposals. The direct engagement of Garten Rothkopf's partners with each of our advisory service clients enables the firm to support each project with deep subject matter expertise and extensive networks.

Examples of previous consulting engagements have included:

Public Sector Strategy and Execution

• Political strategy and advocacy support
  Prepared legislative proposals, written testimony, and research on political dynamics for startups and multinationals
• Government funding tracking and procurement
  Helped a range of domestic and international clients identify potential government funding opportunities
• Access to and engagement with key Washington decision makers
  Identified opportunities for a US firm to work with the State Department to advance joint public-private interests in China; Helped an international energy company develop a roadmap to present to key Department of Energy officials, to shape a bilateral technology memorandum of understanding

Investment Facilitation in New Technologies

• Evaluation of technology options
  Assessed a portfolio of competing technologies and developed a technology roadmap for a second-generation biofuels venture
• Investment identification and facilitation
  Facilitated successful CEO- and CTO-level engagements between a major multinational and cutting-edge technology firms to evaluate potential investment opportunities
• Partner assessment and due diligence
  Conducted in-depth reviews for an alternative energy startup of potential technology providers and assessed the viability of strategic partnerships

Economic and Market Analysis

• Sensitivity analysis of economic and policy scenarios
  Helped an industry-leading multinational understand how energy- and carbon-price scenarios would impact the market penetration of competing technologies
• Integrated analysis of markets, policy, technology and consumers
  Developed a unique liquid fuels price projection model accounting for multiple industry trends to support the strategic planning and pricing initiatives of an international energy company
• Market partnership identification and facilitation
  Procured a DOD contract for a start up energy venture and identified other potential consumers and pilot project partners