Crisis Management - UK-wide
Band 4
What the Team is Known For
Ashurst advises clients facing a variety of crisis situations, including regulatory investigations, financial crime and cybersecurity breaches.
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Crisis Management
Crisis & Risk Management Guide 2026 : UK-wide
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Work Highlights
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Ashurst represented Imperial Brands PLC in its defence of a claim brought by Leigh Day on behalf of over 10,0000 tobacco farmers in Malawi. The claim is also advanced against British American Tobacco and raises human rights-related issues.
Strengths
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The Ashurst team are completely on the ball with regards to latest updates and communications with stakeholders.
Crisis Management respondentCrisis & Risk ManagementAshurst are trusted advisers: pragmatic and good at understanding where we are in our own company cycle by reference to budget.
Crisis Management respondentCrisis & Risk ManagementAshurst provide very sharp legal advice with commercial understanding at the forefront.
Crisis Management respondentCrisis & Risk ManagementAshurst offers clear concise and excellent legal and strategic guidance.
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Notable Practitioners
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Band 3 
Band 3 Ruby Hamid
Ruby Hamid is a partner at Ashurst, specialising in financial crime and corporate investigations. Hamid's client base is both international and high profile.
Ruby Hamid is a very good lawyer and has a background as a barrister. She covers a wide range of criminal and crisis esque issues, she's well-known in the market.
Crisis Management respondentCrisis & Risk ManagementRuby Hamid has a very impressive background, spent time at serious fraud office. She's very impressive.
Crisis Management respondentCrisis & Risk ManagementRuby Hamid is excellent and operates in white collar investigations and the regulation space. She is building a very good profile there, I would highly recommend her.
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Ranked Individuals at Ashurst Perkins Coie – London, New York, Seattle, Sydney (1)
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Ruby Hamid
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