Portland

Portland is a global strategic communications consultancy.

Drawing on specialist expertise gained from decades of political, corporate, investor, media, healthcare and creative experience, Portland helps leaders in business, government, philanthropy and international affairs make a measurable impact on the world.

Portland’s work spans strategy, content and delivery, and is supported by in-house insights, digital and design teams. The firm works with a range of clients from large corporates in a range of sectors through to start-ups, NGOs and governments.

The firm draws on experience across the political world and global institutions spanning Downing Street and Whitehall to the EU institutions, the French National Assembly and the Bundestag, the UN and the WHO. Its roster of former journalists from a wide range of media outlets know how traditional media is changing and explain how to cut through.

Portland understands that contentious and complex issues rarely exist in a vacuum and that clients need advice that considers a range of different stakeholders.

Litigation and Disputes:

Portland’s Litigation and Disputes practice provides specialist advice and strategic communications support to help reinforce you or your client’s legal strategy. The team understands that the law does not exist in a vacuum, and their work therefore extends to encompass complex public, commercial and political considerations.

The team employs a data-led approach to strategic communications, applying its problem-solving abilities in combination with data and insights gathered through Portland’s British Polling Council-accredited in-house research team. We develop and execute bespoke communications solutions to complex legal issues across multiple jurisdictions, countries and languages.

Portland’s Litigation and Disputes practice has specialist training, skills and experience, and a nuanced understanding of the realities of the modern media and digital landscape, the rigours of the law and the need to deliver results.

Areas of expertise:

LITIGATION STRATEGY: Strategic litigation communications | Quantitative and qualitative evidence gathering | Stakeholder management

MEDIA: Media strategy | Media training | Crisis preparation and response | Courtroom media management | Press office function | Journalist briefings

DIGITAL: Data-driven campaigns | Online reputation management | Deep web risk analysis | Digital and social media strategy | Open and closed networks | Website design and build

CRISIS MANAGEMENT: Reputation protection | Media handling | Scenario planning | Incident response | Business continuity

CLASS ACTIONS: Claimant and defendant-side strategic communications | Class insight & audience analysis | Representative actions | Drafting and delivery of notification plans | Press office function | Website design and build |Shareholder claims

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: Political insight | Stakeholder management | Capacity building | Media strategy and relations | Political engagement & affairs | Judicial reviews | Investigations | Regulatory actions

RESEARCH: Insight testing | Audience identification and segmentation | Primary qualitative and quantitative research | Polling (accreditedby the British Polling Council)

OFFICES: Doha | London | Nairobi | Paris | Singapore | Washington DC

LANGUAGES: English | German | Arabic | Mandarin | French | Spanish | Dutch | Portuguese | Russian | Italian