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Kekst

Crisis PR & Communications

Crisis & Risk Management Guide 2025 : Global-wide


Kekst

About

Provided by Kekst

Kekst CNC brings to bear the experience and expertise of its global team to help clients diagnose and manage risk, navigate high-profile issues and crises, and counter perceptions that threaten stakeholder trust.

Kekst CNC has more than 50 years’ experience working with leadership teams, boards, legal counsel, and professional advisers to preserve and enhance reputations during high-stakes situations with little margin for error.  

Specific areas of expertise include:

  • Cybersecurity and data breaches
  • Restructuring, financial distress, and bankruptcy
  • Litigation and disputes
  • Fraud and financial misconduct
  • Personal and behavioural misconduct
  • Industrial, transport and aviation incidents
  • Social and financial activism
  • Product recalls
  • Government and regulatory investigations
  • Change management and leadership transition
  • Environment, social and governance issues
  • Media investigations and negative publicity

Contact

EMEA | [email protected]

US | [email protected]

Chambers Review

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Crisis PR & Communications - Global-wide

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For

Kekst CNC is a global communications firm providing strategic advice across corporate, financial, political and crisis matters. Its expertise covers a broad range of risks including reputation, cyber security, shareholder activism and mergers and acquisitions.

Notable practitioners

Callum Laidlaw is a partner in the crisis communications team at Kekst CNC, and a key contact.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • The Kekst CNC team is super collaborative, strategic and tactical.

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  • Kekst CNC has strong expertise in crisis communication management.

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  • Kekst CNC has an incredible network and provides strategic advice.

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  • The Kekst team are incredibly responsive, very strong writers and able to keep track of multiple high stakes workstreams simultaneously. They keep the clients needs centred in every decision.

    Crisis PR & Communications respondentCrisis & Risk Management
  • Kekst is comfortably the best PR firm I work with. They are very good at getting under the skin of the company we advise. They also understand what we need from a legal and regulatory perspective.

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