Crisis Management | Crisis & Risk Management

Freshfields assists businesses, institutions and global corporations facing significant reputational and existential crises. The firm has leading financial crime, competition law and public international law practices, and its crisis response work includes industry-wide scandals, allegations of serious misconduct, terrorism incidents, environmental disasters, IT failures and financial collapse.

Sidley Austin's crisis management and strategic response team includes leading regulatory and data protection lawyers. In addition to data breach responses and internal investigations following whistle-blowing, the firm also helps clients with judicial reviews. It draws on its strength in capital markets and criminal investigations.

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.

Ashurst advise clients facing a variety of crisis situations, including regulatory investigations, financial crime and cybersecurity breaches.

Pinsent Masons advises on many aspects of crisis management, with particular expertise in the energy, infrastructure, technology, sports and public sectors. The team also has a growing practice in cyber response, sanctions and sensitive inquiries.