Crisis Management - UK-wide
What the Team is Known For
Morrison Foerster's crisis management team has expertise in data privacy and investigations work. It also advises on financial corruption, sanctions and money-laundering investigations across various jurisdictions.
Strengths
"Morrison Foerster are approachable, professional and responsive. All of them are specialised and have both broad and deep knowledge of their fields."
"I have nothing but praise for their team. They have great understanding of different stakeholders involved in a crisis and really understand the value of brand value and work in a collaborative way."
Work Highlights
The Morrison Foerster team provides ongoing representation to Fujitsu Services on the high-profile and significant Post Office scandal. Fujitsu provided the Horizon IT System to the UK Post Office.
Notable Practitioners
Saqib Alam is a partner at Morrison Foerster advising global companies on business-critical regulatory and compliance issues. He is a Singapore advocate and New York attorney, as well as an England & Wales solicitor. "Saqib Alam is commercially aware, technically strong and delivers on time - everything you need in an external counsel. He is also approachable and friendly, always a pleasure to work with." "Saqib is innovative in his thinking; his understanding of the sector is really good in terms of crises and risks. He is very much crisis first, not just law. He is perceptive." "He is very good - fantastic to work with, proactive and good with clients. He had a good understanding of how legal investigations may play out in both the press and the political arena."