Selected Mandates

Periplus works where the formal record is thinnest and outcomes turn on government intent and counterparty conduct. Its in-country associates gather information through conversations with well-placed sources within their own extended networks. The practice took form around the Ethiopian civil war and the Red Sea corridor, reading a conflict fought under communications blackout for foreign ministries and investors. It extended from there, subregion by subregion, at clients’ request. Periplus develops its assessments in continuing dialogue with local teams, drawing on their knowledge of the people and institutions involved and their judgement of what the reporting means in practice. This local knowledge informs the firm’s strategic advice. The networks behind Periplus have supplied underlying source reporting and assessment for client assignments delivered through the top-tier strategic intelligence and disputes advisory firms, alongside work for arbitration practices, development finance institutions and European foreign ministries. Periplus brings that experience and those established relationships directly to clients through independent assessment and strategic advice.