Chambers Review
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Defamation/Reputation Management: High Net Worth - UK-wide
What the Team is Known For
Carter-Ruck has a long-standing reputation in the UK market for providing high net worth clients with defamation and reputation management services.
Strengths
The team really know how best to apply the law in complex, high-profile cases and secure and retain client trust rapidly, and then work tirelessly to secure client outcomes and goals.
All members of the team demonstrate deep and wide knowledge and skill in the matters at hand.
From top to bottom, Carter-Ruck has such depth. It is at the top end of the scale in the quality of work provided.
Carter-Ruck are very client-driven, but realistic and hugely good at handling both the legal and reputational aspects of a case.
Carter-Ruck are able to distil seemingly impossibly complex maelstroms within claims and counterclaims into simple arguments in which the legal rights and wrongs become crystal clear.
Notable practitioners
Nigel Tait is head of Carter-Ruck's defamation and media department and is the firm's managing partner. He enjoys an excellent reputation in the market, advising high net worth individuals on critical reputational matters.
Nigel is a leader in the field of defamation and reputation management. He is highly experienced and commerically astute, and gives clear advice.
Nigel Tait's general client management skills are exceptional, and his resilience in the face of hard-fought litigation is a key strength.
He is a master tactician who knows when to smile and when to bare his teeth, which are razor sharp.
Nigel Tait is just masterful in managing pre-litigation matters and dealing with litigation, if it is required.
Claire Gill is very good at handling clients and managing teams. She can bring together people with different talents for the right blend on the right case.
Claire is a brilliant lawyer with superb tactical judgement.
Claire is very client-focused, very on top of things and a very easy person to work with.
Adam Tudor represents well-known clients in high-profile reputation management matters and media disputes.
He is extremely focused and good at managing difficult clients.
Adam Tudor is always prompt, helpful and very objective in his legal work.
Adam Tudor is superb. I take great note of his tactical nous and he is utterly committed to the client.
Antonia Foster advises high net worth and high profile individuals on a range of matters including libel claims and defamation proceedings.
Antonia is a really meticulous lawyer and she has really good judgement.
Antonia Foster is extremely responsive and able to pass things back to the client very knowledgeably.
Antonia Foster is totally unflappable and has very sound judgement. She knows the law inside out and is a very calm, safe pair of hands.
Persephone Bridgman Baker is a partner at Carter-Ruck who represents high net worth clients in high-profile defamation and reputation management matters.
Persephone Bridgman Baker has an amazing intellect. She is very smart and thoughtful.
Persephone makes problems quietly go away.
Persephone is an amazingly impressive lawyer. She gets the confidence of the client very quickly and delivers advice in a very engaging and direct way.
Rebecca Toman is a partner at Carter-Ruck with expertise in advising high-profile and high net worth individuals on defamation and reputation matters.
Rebecca Toman is very impressive. I highly recommend for reputation management.
Apart from her undoubted legal prowess, Rebecca is a people person with an amazing ability to bring calm to clients in crisis.
Rebecca Toman is hugely client-focused. She will really go the extra mile. She provides a premium service for some very high-profile clients.
Rebecca Toman's intellect and grasp of complex issues is second to none. I would always want Rebecca on my team. She challenges and wins every time.