Crisis & Risk Management Guide 2026 : UK-wide
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Guiding clients through crises is central to the service we provide at Withers. Our specialists – across our white-collar crime and investigations, media and reputation, financial services regulatory, employment, charities, restructuring and insolvency, data protection, tax and family teams – come together to provide tailored advice to businesses and individuals facing all kinds of crisis, whether that's financial, organisational, personnel, situational or otherwise. We advise clients at every stage of a crisis, from immediate response and recovery (managing relationships with key stakeholders including law enforcement, regulators and the media; mitigating damage caused by threats or allegations; leading contentious disputes) to evaluation and prevention (conducting risk and reputational audits; compliance advisory; providing tailored training to individuals, businesses and boards). The crises faced by our clients are rarely contained within a single jurisdiction. With crisis management lawyers across the Withers' global network (including London, Los Angeles, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore), we are able to harness the relevant expertise to provide a bespoke team to suit our clients' needs, working 24-7 to resolve the situation.
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The Withers crisis team focuses on advising executive leadership and high net worth individuals on various reputational risks. This includes working with broader corporate reputation, encompassing issues such as harassment and sexual misconduct claims as well as commercial risk management.
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Withers acted for Abdumalik Mirakhmedov and Andrey Kim, Bitcoin entrepreneurs, on a crypto litigation matter. Withers' litigation and media teams acted in response to an unexpected claim relating to jurisdiction.
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Withers is not only has very levelheaded, astute and commercially aware lawyers, but they are also very creative and flexible in the way they've gone about a very non-straightforward case. They've managed to tread the line between being wary and careful and being creative and coming up with practical, outside the box solutions with incredible skill.
Withers has a lot of experience on the legal side of tax disputes and disclosures. They work well with other professionals, are very highly regarded and very responsive. I think they are excellent and they have a very strong private client practice in the background and international expertise, on the US side for instance.
Withers advised us on an urgent and sensitive matter with high reputational risk and were available at all hours of the day and night, at short notice. Their approach helped us to resolve issues swiftly. They are professional and empathetic and trustworthy.
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Jo Sanders leads the media and reputation team in Withers' London office. Sanders has a strong practice, frequently advising individual and corporate clients facing reputational crises.
Jo Sanders is very statesperson-like: very calm, considered and strategic.
Jo Sanders is very well-respected. She is excellent and she gets good results for her clients but in a firm but fair way. She's a formidable opponent but also a pleasant person to deal with. She is very experienced and knows this area inside out. She's someone you would want in your trench. We recommend her to clients because we know they'll get a good service from her.
Jo Sanders is responsive, experienced and reassuring. She ably assisted us to navigate difficult issues.
Andrew Fremlin-Key is a partner in Withers' litigation and arbitration team. Fremlin-Key advises clients on minimising legal and reputational risks from allegations and disputes.
Andrew Fremlin-Key is very bright and has a good commercial sense. He'd be a tough opponent, but he is not overly aggressive. He's measured and strategic.
Crisis Management
Crisis Management
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Jo Sanders
Natalie Sherborn
Harvey Knight
Stephen Ross
Claire Christy
James Hockin
Maurice Martin
Tessa Lorimer
Jeff Millington
Libby Payne
Andrew Fremlin-Key
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