01 / About the firm
A small, senior public affairs practice built around aligned interests and practical outcomes.
Nexus Public Affairs is a public affairs and strategic communications firm based in Dublin, Ireland. We work with a deliberately small number of clients in regulated sectors, including technology, life sciences and pharma, energy, financial services and the NGO community, where political and regulatory decisions shape the contours of a market.
Our model is straightforward: senior counsel without the agency overhead. Engagements are scoped tightly, retainers are kept lean, and the people you meet on day one are the people doing the work. We only take on mandates where interests are aligned and a credible, evidence-led case can be made.
Sectors served
02 / Methodology
A two-step approach: prepare deliberately, then execute with discipline.
Preparation
Before any outreach begins, we invest in understanding the terrain. We map the policy and political landscape your issue sits in, identify the decision-makers and relevant stakeholders, and assemble the evidence base needed to make a credible case.
Insight gathering
Briefing, desk research, and quiet conversations to test the terrain.
Landscape mapping
Policy, regulatory, and political dynamics charted end-to-end.
Stakeholder identification
Who decides, who advises, and who shapes the debate around them.
Execution
With the groundwork laid, we move into active delivery: representing your position to officials, ministers, regulators and the wider stakeholder set, while continuously monitoring the environment and adapting the plan as circumstances evolve.
Active delivery
Meetings, submissions, briefings, and coalition-building.
Continuous monitoring
Real-time tracking of political, regulatory and media signals.
Structured reporting
Concise written updates and a clear view of progress against goals.
03 / Founder
Led by Noel Rock.
“Government affairs only works when the case you’re making is credible, the people hearing it trust you, and the moment is right. Our job is to get all three of those things lined up.”
Noel Rock brings nearly two decades of experience inside the institutions that shape policy in Ireland and at EU level. A former TD for Dublin North-West, he has served in the Oireachtas, on Dublin City Council, inside the European Parliament and as a Senate intern in Washington, giving clients a rare combination of national and EU-level experience.
He founded and successfully exited Pixel Consulting, acquired by Red Flag in 2022, and holds a Masters in European Law & Policy. Today he advises corporate and NGO clients in regulated sectors such as technology, pharma and life sciences, energy and the charitable sector, where policy literacy and senior relationships materially change commercial outcomes.
He works directly with each client. Engagements are structured around a retainer-based model: a small, senior team, a clear remit, and a monthly retainer that keeps the relationship focused on outcomes rather than activity.
15+
Years across policy and politics at national and EU level.
30+
Regulated-sector engagements across tech, pharma, energy and NGOs.
1:1
Senior counsel on every engagement. No hand-offs, no juniors.
04 / Career
Two decades inside the institutions that shape policy.
A career built across Washington, Brussels and Dublin, combining elected office, regulatory engagement and senior consulting experience for clients operating in highly regulated markets.
2006
01 · Policy
2008
02 · Policy
2011
03 · Government
2014
04 · Government
2016
05 · Government
2020
06 · Consulting
2022
07 · Consulting
2023
08 · Academic
2026
09 · Consulting
Why it matters
National
Direct experience of the Oireachtas, party politics and Irish regulators. Invaluable when navigating domestic decision-makers.
European
Time inside the European Parliament and a Masters in European Law & Policy. The EU institutions are familiar terrain, not a foreign country.
Commercial
Founder of a consultancy acquired by Red Flag, with first-hand understanding of how policy choices shape commercial outcomes.
05 / Questions
Frequently asked questions.
A short primer on how we work, who we work with, and what an engagement typically looks like.
We work with a deliberately small number of clients in regulated sectors, including technology, life sciences, energy, financial services, infrastructure, and the NGO community. We only take on mandates where interests are aligned and where we believe a credible case can be made.
Begin a conversation
Clear Strategies, Connected Insights.
If your organisation is navigating a regulatory inflection point, a policy review, or a new market entry, we should talk.
Send an enquiryOffice
Dublin, Ireland
By appointment only.
hello@nxs.ie
Replies within one business day.
Phone
+353 1 000 0000
For introductions and referrals.
Practice areas
National & EU
Government affairs, regulation, strategic comms.