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Crisis PR & Communications - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

DRD Partnership has an expanding team of crisis and reputation experts. Its team advises clients from large corporates and institutions to start-ups, SMEs and individuals. It has expertise in the education and charity sectors, with clients including independent schools, trustees, public bodies and industry groups.

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Notable Practitioners

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Claire Davidson
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Claire Davidson is a joint founding partner of the firm and an experienced communications professional. She is well known for her litigation communications work, but she also advises clients on other acute crisis situations.

Claire will go to the ends of the earth for her clients; she is extraordinarily dedicated. She is a brilliant communicator in person and in writing.

Claire is a vociferous advocate for her client, an incredibly experienced adviser and a tirelessly committed professional.

Claire is extremely responsive, understands the matter, and she grasps the technicalities. She is very good with clients and has an extremely high EQ.

Kate Miller
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Kate Miller
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Kate Miller is a lawyer by training and is vastly experienced in advising corporates, individuals and institutions on critical communications issues.

Kate is always calm and professional, a brilliant strategic and empathetic adviser.

Kate is very adept at dealing with issues where there is a legal aspect and ongoing litigation due to her law background. She is highly academic and able to grasp complex issues very quickly.

Kate is great. She's a former solicitor, so her judgement is helpful.

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Lawrence Dore
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Lawrence Dore is a founding partner of the firm, and an experienced communications adviser who advises on both litigation and crisis response matters.

Lawrence is a very obviously impressive individual, very smooth and good with clients.

Lawrence is a thoroughly experienced and kind professional.

Rupert Bhatia
Associates to watch

Rupert Bhatia is a senior associate who draws on his experience as a former broadcast journalist at the BBC to assist clients with high-stakes crisis responses and crisis preparedness exercises.

Rupert comes from the press, he is very strategic, very effective at thinking about the strategic approach to communications, and he has very good writing skills.

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Crisis PR & Communications

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Claire Davidson
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Kate Miller
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Kate Miller
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Lawrence Dore
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Rupert Bhatia
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