Crisis & Risk Management Guide 2026 : UK-wide
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Freshfields assists businesses, institutions and global corporations facing significant reputational and existential crises. The firm has leading financial crime, competition law and public international law practices, and its crisis response work includes industry-wide scandals, allegations of serious misconduct, terrorism incidents, environmental disasters, IT failures and financial collapse.
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Freshfields is able to provide wrap-around advice encompassing the full breadth of commercial, regulatory and criminal issues arising. It also has the depth necessary to carry out a detailed fact-finding review, notwithstanding the huge volume of material to be considered.
Freshfields is very experienced and I would have no problem recommending them to a client of mine in a conflict. They don't go seeking attention, they're not self-publicists, and the quality of their work is good.
Freshfields holds their position as a significant player in the London market, but also the US market and the Europe market. Their way is always clients first.
If you are looking for a firm with more speciality, then I would pick Freshfields. There is a consistency of high standards across the board there.
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Ali Sallaway is co-head of the global investigations and corporate crime practice at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. She brings significant experience in criminal and regulatory matters to her work advising on crisis situations.
Ali Sallaway is calm, professional and responsive. Her expertise and experience in this area enables organisations to make informed decisions at pace, which is exactly what is needed during a crisis.
Ali Sallaway is extremely experienced, devoted to her clients, and determined to come up with new ways of thinking about things.
Ali Sallaway is very good, very sensible and her manner is delightful. She's prudent and she gives pragmatic advice. She will tell it how it is. It's always a question of giving the best and most prudent advice in a way such that the client will actually hear it. The skill is in getting people to be comfortable with making decisions; Ali's good at getting that.
Matthew Bruce is a co-head of Freshfields’ global investigations group and its corporate crime practice. Bruce is experienced in handling a range of crises including white-collar crime, government investigations and whistle-blower allegations.
Matthew Bruce is calm and completely in command of whatever his clients need. He doesn't get flustered by individuals or their demands and he is completely focused on what his clients need. I have a huge amount of respect for him. He handles corporate investigations beautifully.
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