Reevemark

CEO: Brandy Bergman

Number of employees: 17

Languages: English 

Firm Overview and History

Reevemark is a specialised, result-oriented strategic communications firm with a focus on litigation and crises. Reevemark’s experience in value-determinative matters is unrivalled. Given its founders’ legal and IR backgrounds and decades of media experience, the firm is uniquely positioned to help clients address litigation issues and crises while managing business and reputational risks.

Reevemark was founded by five established practitioners of public and investor relations: Brandy Bergman, Hugh Burns, Paul Caminiti, Renée Soto, and Delia Cannan. Four of the Founding Partners are former lawyers, including a NY state prosecutor, a federal criminal defense attorney, a corporate attorney and a federal litigator. All five Founding Partners have extensive experience guiding public and private companies, as well as high-profile individuals, through challenging, high-stakes civil and criminal litigation, crises and reputational matters. Since its founding, Reevemark has grown to 17 employees, including individuals with backgrounds in law and business.

Main Areas of Practice

• Litigation & Regulatory Matters
• Crisis & Reputation Management
• Bankruptcies & Restructurings
• Shareholder Activism & Governance
• Corporate Transactions
• Media & Investor Relations
• Digital & Social Media

Litigation & Regulatory Matters 

Reevemark helps clients prepare for and navigate challenging communications issues while managing legal and reputational risk. Led by four lawyers, Reevemark’s experience in bet-the-company litigation matters is unrivalled. Reevemark principals have helped public and private companies, professional service firms, and other organisations navigate high-stakes legal matters including:

• Civil and criminal investigations (SEC, DOJ and State AGs)
• Complex commercial litigation, including IP disputes, mass torts, including class actions and MDLs;
• Employee discrimination and harassment claims and EEOC investigations
• FCPA, antitrust, CFIUS, environmental and regulatory matters
• Restructurings, as Reevemark ranks among the top U.S. firms in the bankruptcy area

Reevemark works closely with clients and their legal counsel to develop thematic messaging and comprehensive communication plans that are tailored to address all stakeholders. Given the team’s legal backgrounds and vast media experience, Reevemark is uniquely positioned to help companies address litigation issues while managing business and reputational risks and ensuring that the communications, media and legal strategies are aligned.

Crisis & Reputation Management 

From commercial and product issues to financial disclosures and personnel matters, Reevemark’s senior team has guided clients through some of the most high-profile and potentially brand impacting situations over the last 25 years. Reevemark works closely with clients and their legal advisors to provide strategic counsel and execution that best positions the client in the media and with investors and other stakeholders. The team identifies the most likely scenarios and develops and executes a crisis plan to ensure that messages reach all key stakeholders and executives are prepared for the toughest questions. Reevemark provides live support to clients in crisis by coordinating all internal and external communications, including with traditional media and on social media.

Representative client engagements include: 

• Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation lawsuit against Fox
• Diamond Sports/Bally Sports, broadcaster of NBA, NHL & MLB teams, in $10B+ restructuring
• NexPoint entities in the Highland Capital Management restructuring and other litigation
• H.I.G. Capital in PE industry litigation and portfolio company regulatory and commercial matters
• Diageo around litigation with hip-hop producer P. Diddy
• First Republic Bank’s Executive Chairman on issues relating to the bank’s FDIC’s receivership
• $30B+ settlement around swipe fee class action litigation between Visa, Mastercard and merchants
• Allan Block in lawsuit against family members and Block Communications, Inc. around potential sale of his family company
• Sanderson Farms on its $4.5B sale to Cargill and Continental Grain and settlement with the DOJ
• McKinsey & Co around its opioid-related settlement with state AGs
• Credit Acceptance Corp. on litigation with CFPB, NY AG and on settlement with Massachusetts AG
• Tinder founders in their lawsuit against Match and IAC
• Archer in its patent litigation against Boeing-backed Wisk, and in federal inquiries
• Chapter 11 proceedings for Chesapeake Energy, Gulfport Energy, Bristow, Payless, and Fred’s
• J.R. Simplot with commercial litigation and on regulatory matters
• Simon Property Group in $9B merger litigation against Taubman Centers
• H.I.G. portfolio company Lionbridge in litigation against TransPerfect
• A Fortune 500 U.S. financial institution on international litigation
• A leading middle market private equity firm on litigation with a co-founder
• Top professional services firms on legal and reputational matters
• Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman

Contact Information

Brandy Bergman

[email protected]

Hugh Burns

[email protected]

Paul Caminiti

[email protected]

Offices

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 

521 Fifth Avenue, 27th Floor

New York, New York 10175

(212) 433-4600

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