We help innovative businesses navigate through regulation and influence the development of new policies and regulations.

Inline Policy was founded in 2013 to meet a gap in the market for a consultancy that could provide in-depth policy and regulatory analysis to fast-moving innovative businesses. With technology transforming every aspect of our economy and society, we provide strategic insight into what policy makers and regulators are thinking and how best to influence their decisions.

Our policy experts in London and Brussels work across a wide range of sectors where technology and regulation meet. From collaborative economy marketplaces, through travel-technology platforms, to European energy markets, we are proud of our record of successfully improving the regulatory position of market entrants and established players.

Firm Specialties

Policy Analysis

You are part of a fast-growing, innovative, game-changing business. You need to know how governments and regulators may affect your business.

We keep you abreast of all the relevant debates, proposals and policy thinking and the opportunities and threats they present.

Advocacy Campaigns

We design and deliver campaigns that help you influence policy making and regulation.

We believe that lobbying should not be the preserve of multinational corporations and are passionate about helping businesses of all sizes ensure that their voice is heard by regulators and politicians.

Reputation Building

With so many different companies and interest groups competing for the attention of policy makers it is imperative that your business achieves cut-through and gets noticed for the right reasons.

Our strategies will build your company’s profile with government, the media and the public and develop your position as a thought leader, an important stakeholder and/or key vendor in your sector.

We are also there for you when things may have gone wrong and our crisis communications strategies will minimise reputation damage and get you back on track.

EU Training: Understanding and influencing the EU

As the single largest trading bloc in the world, corporations and governments from across the world have an enormous interest in ensuring that the EU regulatory environment promotes their products and services.

Successful EU engagement not only allows institutions to position themselves for regulatory change; it allows them to shape the regulatory environment to their advantage.

TAG Contacts

As CEO, Shomik Panda is responsible for managing the overall operations of the company.

Shomik advises clients on EU and UK tech regulatory developments. He also leads government influencing campaigns and regulatory research projects for clients. He works across several technology policy areas.

He previously worked at JPMorgan, where he represented the company before UK and EU policy makers, and Blackrock.

Shomik has a BSc in economic history from the London School of Economics, an MA in political science from Columbia University, and an MBA from INSEAD.

-

James Nason is a senior UK Public Affairs practitioner with over 25 years of experience. Mace Magazine recently selected him as one of the top 100 UK political consultants.

James has led large UK public affairs teams at Instinctif Partners, APCO Worldwide and was Deputy Managing Director of Citigate Public Affairs.

He has worked in almost every policy sector but has significant expertise in energy, environment, transport and financial services with a strong focus on achieving Net Zero.

James has extensive experience of working on multi-national campaigns with colleagues in Brussels, Washington DC and other key political centres.

He has advised numerous FTSE 100, Fortune 500 companies, regulators, local authorities and start ups.

-

Nathan Shepura leads the Brussels team and advises clients on EU politics and regulation. Before joining Inline, he was a senior political adviser in the European People’s Party and European Parliament, focusing on EU external relations, comms and campaign strategy.

Nathan holds a BA in German and Philosophy from Wheaton College (IL, USA), an MA in English from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Nathan is also a research associate at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies. He speaks English, French and German.