Department profile
Defamation/Reputation Management: High Net Worth
Payne Hicks Beach LLP
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Payne Hicks Beach specialises in managing and protecting client reputations through extensive experience in this area of law and an intimate understanding of how the media and publishers work.
We act for high net worth international private clients and entrepreneurs both nationally and internationally, in particular from the Middle East, Russia and mainland Europe. Our work encompasses a wide range of clients and circumstances including those from sectors including sports, private equity firms and executives, politics, entertainment, corporate advisers, healthcare (safeguarding reputations in the media, including advising individual surgeons, private clinics and hospital trusts) and landed estates (acting for estates and family offices in relation to media issues).
Much of the work undertaken by the team is confidential pre-publication work for high profile individuals. The range of work also commonly undertaken includes advising on: significant reputational attacks, unwanted media/social media attention faced by high net worth individuals, Libel, Privacy, Harassment and Data Protection Act issues, pre-publication issues for publishers, litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, phone hacking claims for claimants; online-publication, cyber-stalking, Norwich Pharmacal applications, pursuing urgent interim injunctions and claims for breach of confidence.
All enquiries are handled with the utmost sensitivity.
Chambers Review
Payne Hicks Beach "has great strength at partner and associate level and has an excellent capacity to handle defamation and reputation management work," states a source.
"The firm is able to draw on a deep well of experience and adapt their knowledge to provide robust advice and implement actions tailored to fit the requirements of individual and often highly sensitive cases," states a market source. "Their approach, advice, understanding and their ability to deliver practical legal solutions in often complex and multifaceted matters adds real value to clients who regularly return to the firm whenever the need arises," they add.
Notable Practitioners
Dominic Crossley is "exceptional in his field, especially for privacy-related matters," states an interviewee. Another source adds: "He is an outstanding lawyer." "Crossley builds very close relationships with clients who then remain loyal to him and the firm," says a commentator.
Hanna Basha "is well known and respected in the industry as a safe pair of hands," says a market source. "Basha is very experienced in defamation and privacy matters," adds another, with one interviewee stating: "Hanna is top-class. She is very professional and understanding."
Andrew Willan "is a real trusted adviser who is very sensible and gives pragmatic advice. Willan has the judgement and insight to advise not just on the letter of the law," says a source. Another interviewee states: "He has recently been made partner and it is clear that he has reached that status. I think he'll do really well in that role."
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