With Benjamin Wegg-Prosser stepping down as co-founder – alongside Peter Mandelson – the geo-political and corporate lobby firm has entrusted Rebecca Park to steer the firm into safe reputational public affairs waters following the toxic Epstein association with the former UK ambassador to the USA.

Park was named as one of The Mace’s top 100 lobbyists in our 2026 special report on the New Political Influencers.

Global Counsel is a ‘market leading strategic advisory business’ – ie lobby firm – that thrives off uncertainty and ‘significant market opportunity arising from increasing geo-politcal uncertainty’. In its company reports it says it ‘helps companies and investors across a wide range of geographies and sectors anticipate the way in which politics, regulation and public policymaking create both risk and opportunity.

The firm operates from offices in the UK, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the USA. Its core belief is that the more geo-political uncertainty there is in the world – and no president in US history has been perhaps as unpredictable or volatile as Donald Trump – then there will be a need for expert advice to navigate around the maze of regulatory uncertainty and corporate arbitrage opportunities.

One part of the good news for Global Counsel in appointing Rebecca Park as CEO is that the firm was already beginning to see increased revenue from the financial …