Bucy is an indepedent
Strategic Intelligence
firm.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuel II, Milano, Italia
Presentation
Intelligence & Business Diplomacy
Milan · Venise · Paris
Bucy – an independent Intelligence firm – covers all areas of expertise within the spectrum of Business Intelligence and Reputation management.
Our team produces intelligence to inform high-stakes decision-making and reassure executives, investors or law firms.
Bucy advises decision-makers in deciphering a situation – its risks and opportunities – and analyses the economic, political and security issues involved in winning a contract, dealing with a threat or managing a crisis, whether media-related, political or security-related.
Punta della Dogana – Venezia – Italia
Approach
« Anticipate, Act, Secure »
Bucy addresses the various issues involved in a business development strategy from comprehensive market analysis – including the identification of local partners – to operational commercial support on the ground, to the implementation of a public affairs and reputation strategy
Our people are able to obtain actionable intelligence that enables them to decipher a situation and take action, whether it be to penetrate a market, respond to a competitive offensive or manage a reputation.
Bucy relies on teams with highly operational profiles spanning intelligence, financial strategy, diplomacy, geopolitical analysis or field investigations.
The firm operates in a wide variety of sectors such as energy, defense, infrastructure, health or agri-food.
Bucy combines human networks on the ground, advanced open-source research capabilities and forensic tools.
Palais Royal – Parigi – Francia
Offer & Services
Bucy structures its offer around three complementary areas of expertise designed to develop its clients’ business:
Strategic Intelligence
Bucy assists its clients in understanding their environment and challenges.
Our people conduct bespoke investigations for clients facing sensitive situations. We establish the facts, identify actors and methods, assess risks and we develop the action strategy.
The intelligence gathered by Bucy – clear and usable – contributes to the decision making process of business leaders. This strategic information enables them to make informed decisions and seize opportunities.
- Market Analysis
- Mapping of Decision-Making Processes & Key Players
- Evaluation of Competitive Strategies
- Due Diligence
- Commercial & Competitive Intelligence
Bucy reduces uncertainty for its clients by conducting targeted research and background checks in connection with mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, recruitment of sensitive positions or litigation.
The objectives : enabling clients to know their counterparts, pinpoint true exposures and secure their interests.
- Profil & Reputation
- Business Situation
- Competitive Environment
- Network & Relationship Analysis
- Compliance of Background & History
Campanile di San Marco – Venezia – Italia
Business Development
A business development policy not only needs to be competitive, but also well informed and prepared.
Bucy advise and support companies on the ground in the design and implementation of their development strategy for new markets.
The firm provides the insights that executives, investment committees and boards need to make informed decisions in environments where public data is incomplete, unreliable or deliberately opaque.
Bucy delivers an operational reading of markets, actors and risks.
The firm assesses the transactional environment beyond registry checks. Bucy establishes the true ownership and political trajectory of a prospective partner, their local reputation, latent conflicts and dynamics liable to affect the viability of an engagement.
- Identification of Projects & Growth Opportunities
- Operational Support for Business Development
- Validation of Public Procurement Procedures
- Identification & Due Diligence of Local Partners
- Support with Commercial & Contractual Negotiations
Città Metropolitana di Milano – Italia
Public Affairs & Reputation
To conquer a market, it is first necessary to understand the institutional environment and ensure that your reputation is safeguarded.
Bucy helps leaders implement their public affairs policy, manage their positioning and reputation.
The firm analyses the formal and informal decision-making dynamics that shape a market or sector: effective decision-makers, intermediaries, and economic or political actors likely to interfere in a project.
This mapping identifies actual decision circuits and presents them in a format directly actionable.
Bucy maps the local media and narrative landscape, assesses exposure to hostile campaigns and reputational capture, and builds probabilistic scenarios on the evolution of the security and political environment.
- Mapping of Institutional Stakeholders
- Public Affairs Strategy & Communication Planning
- E-Reputation Management
- Talking Points
- Press Relations
San Marco – Venezia – Italia
International
Bucy operates in areas where it has detailed knowledge of the market and decision-making processes.
Its teams operate where they are able to gather strategic information to help clients make the right choices.
Bucy has two offices in Europe.
Italy
Milan headoffice, supervises Bucy’s activities and leads the firm’s development policy, supported by an operational office in Venice.
France
The Paris office represents Bucy’s activities in France and assists French companies in conducting their operations in the firm’s areas of expertise.
Management
Nicolas Bourillon
Isabella Le Bourgeois
Advisory Board
Bucy has assembled an Advisory Board tasked with advising the management team on its development strategy.
It comprises economists, lawyers, crisis management professionals, and individuals from the fields of diplomacy and defense.
At a glance
Over
+15 years
Operating in
+60 countries
Trust of
+100 clients
4
continents
14
business sectors
0
public communication
on the missions carried out
Città Metropolitana di Milano – Italia