
Frequently asked questions
What is GLG?
We are the world’s leading platform for trusted human expertise, connecting decision makers to the precise intelligence they need to gain a strategic edge. Leveraging decades of experience and proprietary data, our global teams recruit and engage hard-to-access experts across every industry, delivering fresh, authoritative insights, events, advisors, and board placements to the world’s most recognized and influential companies. With GLG, you go beyond what’s widely known and bring the power of perspective to your most critical questions.
How does GLG work?
Your most critical questions reach the people who have done the work. Our teams precisely match you to hard-to-reach experts who provide perspectives rooted in real-world experience, through Expert Calls & Meetings, Expert Content, Research, Events, and Advisory & Placements. Our client-aligned teams work the way you work, with 24/7 global coverage, multilanguage support, and deep industry knowledge, proactively anticipating what you need before you ask.
Who are GLG clients?
Decision makers across financial services, private equity, consulting, law, and corporations turn to GLG for the precise intelligence they need to gain a strategic edge. Our client-aligned teams become an extension of each client’s own team, working in lockstep with the way that client works.
Who are GLG experts?
You reach fresh, authoritative voices at the forefront of their industries, the kind of intelligence that lives exclusively in the minds of people who have done the work. The best experts have choices, and they choose GLG, because we recruit and maintain deep relationships with them across every industry
How does GLG select and screen experts?
Confidence in your sources is paramount. We conduct a screening process that checks against a variety of measures so you can feel confident in your engagements, including relevant experience for project fit, identity verification and checks against third-party data sources, and proprietary behavioral data. Our teams then precisely match you to hard-to-reach experts who provide perspectives rooted in real-world experience.
Can I join as an expert?
Yes. If you have deep, unique experience at the forefront of your industry, you can share your perspective with the decision makers who need it most. Download the GLG for Experts mobile app to get started.
What makes GLG different?
GLG gives decision makers direct access to hard-to-access expertise in the most trusted research environment, supported by teams that work the way they work.
- Direct access to untapped expertise: fresh, authoritative voices, precisely matched to your project
- The most trusted research environment: verification and compliance frameworks that lead the industry
- Global and specialized service teams: client-aligned, with 24/7 coverage, multilanguage support, and deep industry knowledge
- A broad range of offerings across Insights, Events, and Advisory & Placements
- Proprietary data and technology that sharpen precision matching
What are GLG’s compliance standards?
Your team operates with confidence in the most trusted research environment. We lead the industry in verification and compliance frameworks, and our software is purpose-built to enable specific client compliance standards. We provide purpose-built controls including transcript holds, custom retention policies, AI-powered redaction suggestions, download controls, and AI-generated summaries to match your firm’s protocols.




.avif)


