FOI/202600507217 · FOI · unclear
Global Counsel meeting information: FOI release
Information requested
1. A list of all meetings between the consultancy firm Global Counsel and directors or senior civil servants within the authority in the time period 1 January 2022–present.
For each meeting, please also provide
list of attendees full meeting minutes any related correspondences, written, by email or orally delivered (if recorded).
2. All written correspondence between Global Counsel and directors or senior civil servants within the authority in the time period 1 January 2022–present. This includes letters and email.
Response
For part 1, there was one meeting on 11 February 2026 between:
Nick Leake, Scottish Government Deputy Director - EU Directorate; and David Reed, Global Counsel Group Director for Europe and Head of Brussels Office.
This was an informal meeting and no official notes were recorded.
For part 2, while our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have the information you have asked for because a search of our records did not find any relevant information.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
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Contact Please quote the FOI reference Central Correspondence Unit Email: contactus@gov.scot Phone: 0300 244 4000 The Scottish Government St Andrew's House Regent Road Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Detected exemption language
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
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