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DRD Partnership

Crisis PR & Communications

Crisis & Risk Management Guide 2026 : Global-wide


DRD Partnership

About

Provided by DRD Partnership

We work to protect and build value, moderating those factors which can have an impact on our client’s brand, their licence to do business, their access to capital markets or their relationships with stakeholders.

Recognised by Chambers & Partners as a top-ranked Crisis & Risk Management firm, DRD advises clients ranging from large corporates and institutions to start-ups, SMEs and individuals. The team bears expertise in a number of specialist areas including the education and charity sectors, public bodies and industry groups, pension trustees, and private clients.

Managing crises

We are available at short notice to assist clients managing crises on both a national and international level. Triggers include: internal events, for example governance failures, regulatory scrutiny, health & safety, cyber attacks or activist interventions; or external factors, such as political unrest, economic or regulatory upheaval, supply chain disruption and climate change.

We work alongside client teams, first to stabilise the situation and then to plot a course for a return to ‘business-as-usual’, while seeking to minimise disruption and reputational harm.

In the longer term, we help clients protect and build value in their operations. We work across communications disciplines, sectors and geographies. We deliver analysis and insight, and then multi-channel, multi-stakeholder programmes, aligned to business goals.

Chambers Review

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Crisis PR & Communications - Global-wide

Band 3

Band 3


What the Team is Known For

DRD Partnership is a strategic communications consultancy specialising in crisis management, reputation protection and complex stakeholder issues advisory. The firm advises clients across multiple jurisdictions on high-profile and cross-border matters, combining expertise in litigation support, digital reputation, investigations and strategic communications to help organisations navigate rapidly evolving risks and reputational challenges.

Notable practitioners

Claire Davidson is a key contact.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • DRD Partnership has a depth of contacts across the media world which is very beneficial for clients, and it thinks outside the box whilst trying different approaches.

    Crisis PR & Communications respondentCrisis & Risk Management
  • DRD Partnership has good strategic thinkers who are experienced and calm in a crisis.

    Crisis PR & Communications respondentCrisis & Risk Management
  • We found DRD Partnership to be excellent co-advisers and we would not have achieved the outcome we did without them. We cannot fault their availability and consistent effort.

    Crisis PR & Communications respondentCrisis & Risk Management

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