We work closely with our clients, helping them develop in-depth insights and breakthrough marketing ideas. We do this by combining rigorous research with decades of on-the-ground experience.

Our banking and finance work focuses on private banking and wealth management, but we also have extensive experience in corporate and wholesale banking, philanthropy, retail investment and private health insurance. Subsumed under our banking and finance work is our social research practice, which focuses on measuring the impact and outcomes of philanthropy. Our clients include some of the leading companies in each of these domains, such as Coutts and Co., Credit Suisse, Standard Chartered Private Bank, Standard Chartered Corporate Bank, Barclays Wealth, SGX and Bupa.

Our luxury brand work focuses on fashion and high-end ‘status’ products, but crosses over into the alcoholic beverages category as well. Our clients include Jil Sander, Roberto Cavalli, Rolex, Steinway Lyngdorf and the French Champagne Council (CIVC).

Our alcoholic beverage work spans both wine and spirit brands and breweries. Over the years we have worked with nearly all the major alcoholic beverage brands available in Asia, including those managed by Diageo (Johnnie Walker, Moët Hennessy, Smirnoff, Tanqueray, Bailey’s), Pernod Ricard/Seagram (Chivas Regal, Something Special, Passport, Seven Crown, Blender’s Pride), Pernod Ricard/Allied Domecq (Courvoisier, Ballantine’s, Maker’s Mark, Canadian Club), Brown-Forman (Jack Daniel’s), Campari Group (Wild Turkey), Asia-Pacific Breweries (Tiger, Heineken, ABC Stout, Baron’s), Fosters, Guinness, San Miguel, the South Pacific Brewery, and the Solomon Islands Brewery.

Our legal research focuses on trademark disputes, with our specialisation being passing off cases. We have appeared as expert witnesses in court, representing clients such as Clinique, Ferrero S.P.A., Oto Bodycare, Pos Ad, C.R. Media (Prestige Magazine), Seiko, and Pioneers & Leaders.