Strategic Communications

Any crisis situation can lead to litigation, which, in addition to its direct financial implications for a company, can give rise to the additional risk of reputational harm. This is why it is important to supplement any undertaking’s legal strategy with a communications plan adapted to the specific nature of each dispute and focused on the most relevant stakeholders. This is a key aspect of how we help our clients achieve an efficient and favourable resolution for their dispute, while mitigating reputational risks and other non-financial consequences.

Our team of experts helps our clients prepare and manage their communications when engaged in local and international litigation, to ensure that their most important audiences receive messages that portray the company in the best light possible. We offer advisory based on the expertise of our professionals, who have previous experience as lawyers, prosecutors, government officials, public relations experts, political consultants and corporate spokespersons.

Our clients rely upon us to provide comprehensive, personalised communication strategies that can cover all phases of a transaction, including its planning, execution and public announcement.

During all stages of the restructuring process, we help our clients maintain and maximise value by ensuring that they are sending the right messages to all their key stakeholders, including the media, policymakers and regulators, employees, customers, suppliers and financial partners. We create communication strategies and develop ideas and best practices for clients of all types, from companies in financial distress facing insolvency proceedings or negotiations with creditors, to court-appointed administrators trying to preserve value for shareholders, to potential purchasers navigating the complexities of an acquisition performed under difficult circumstances.

A successful ESG program is authentic, grounded in data, and aligned with the company’s overarching strategy as well as the needs of key internal and external stakeholders. When done well, a robust ESG program can generate significant value for not only investors but also for employees, customers, and business partners.  We offer what no other firm can – a holistic point of view and integrated programs that help companies manage the risks and exploit the opportunities related to ESG from a regulatory, financial, political and commercial perspective.

We help companies to develop a distinctive and holistic approach to ESG and sustainability, with the aim to deliver a sustainable, more prosperous and inclusive economy and which supports enterprise strategy and innovation, promotes active corporate citizenship and drives resilient financial performance and market value of our clients.

Cyber risk is an ever-growing threat for businesses in every sector and every part of the world. With data becoming more and more integral to day-to-day operations, the threat of a breach, ransomware attack or any other type of cybersecurity incident has never been greater. Our cybersecurity and data privacy communications experts provide you with the strategic counsel and tactical execution needed to prepare for — and navigate through — these challenging events. We’ve worked on hundreds of cybersecurity matters to help our clients minimize the impact of cyber incidents and ultimately protect their reputations and licenses to operate. You can look to us for:

• Cyber Preparedness
• Incident Response
• Reputation Recovery

If called to assist you in responding to a live breach scenario, we partner with external counsel, forensic investigators, cyber insurers and your internal teams to ensure consistent and appropriate stakeholder communications across the board. We have advised organizations across all sectors and geographies to help successfully navigate business email compromise, phishing and spear phishing, DDoS, credential stuffing, nation-state, ransomware and other complex attacks involving PII, PHI and IP.