Ranking tables
Litigation PR & Communications | Litigation Support
UK-wide
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
- Forward Global
- Panterra
- Thorndon Partners
Band 4
Burson 4 Years Ranked
Hawthorn Advisors 4 Years Ranked- New Century Media
- Palatine Communications
- Questor Consulting
- Scala
- The PHA Group
Band 1
Antony Dunkels Brunswick Group Advisory Ltd. 7 Years Ranked
Charlie Potter Brunswick Group Advisory Ltd. 8 Years Ranked
Claire Davidson DRD Partnership7 Years Ranked
Gus Sellitto Byfield Consultancy7 Years Ranked
Kate Miller DRD Partnership7 Years Ranked
Melanie Riley Bell Yard8 Years Ranked
Tim Maltin Maltin PR8 Years Ranked- Philip HallThorndon Partners
Band 2
Band 3
Arthur Maltin Maltin PR5 Years Ranked- James Lynch Maltin PR4 Years Ranked
Lawrence Dore DRD Partnership3 Years Ranked- Alex NekrassovALMOS International Ltd
- Conal WalshPalatine Communications
- Jonathan HawkerSlate Campaigns
- Phil HallThe PHA Group
Band 4
Giles Kenningham Trafalgar Strategy1 Years Ranked
John Evans Hawthorn Advisors2 Years Ranked- Jon McLeod DRD Partnership4 Years Ranked
- Joseph Hesketh FTI Consulting3 Years Ranked
- Louise Beeson Bell Yard1 Years Ranked
- Matthew Gilleard Infinite1 Years Ranked
Michael Evans Byfield Consultancy3 Years Ranked
Stephanie Glover FTI Consulting4 Years Ranked- Alex JustForward Global
- David RiggPanterra
- Desiree MaghooQuestor Consulting
- John WattsForward Global
- Neil McLeodThe PHA Group
Up and Coming
Dina Hudson Byfield Consultancy1 Years Ranked- Charles McKeonThorndon Partners
Associates to watch
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Brunswick Group Advisory Ltd.Litigation PR & Communications2025 | Band 1 | 4 Years RankedBrunswick Group Advisory Ltd. is an international advisory firm with deep expertise in collaborating with legal counsel to design and execute communications strategies to protect or restore client reputations. Its team is staffed in part by former practicing lawyers, ensuring that legal challenges and risks are considered at every stage.
1 DRD PartnershipLitigation PR & Communications2025 | Band 1 | 4 Years RankedDRD Partnership advises both defendants and claimants facing complex disputes. The team is experienced in handling the media, public opinion and key stakeholders. Its practitioners have a strong understanding of the legal process and of the types of sensitivities that may arise over the course of a high-profile dispute.
1 Maltin PRLitigation PR & Communications2025 | Band 1 | 4 Years RankedMaltin PR is regularly consulted by legal counsel or directly by corporate and individual clients for strategic communications advice. The agency has represented clients in many different jurisdictions, and is widely recognised among sources for its strong connections across markets.
Band 2
2 Bell YardLitigation PR & Communications2025 | Band 2 | 4 Years RankedBell Yard is a notable litigation PR boutique with a long-established presence in London. The firm represents defendants and claimants across a range of case types and sectors. Its services include media risk assessment, dispute profiling and public relations connected to trials, among others.
2 Byfield ConsultancyLitigation PR & Communications2025 | Band 2 | 4 Years RankedByfield Consultancy is regularly sought after by a range of legal sector businesses, as well as by individuals and organisations involved in disputes. The agency uses its industry expertise and market contacts to reflect a client's legal position in the media.
2 FTI ConsultingLitigation PR & Communications2025 | Band 2 | 4 Years RankedFTI Consulting is a multinational professional services business with a significant communications offering in the UK for clients engaged in contentious legal matters. Its team includes communications experts, former journalists and lawyers with a great deal of experience in helping clients navigate contentious situations.
2 InfiniteLitigation PR & Communications2025 | Band 2 | 4 Years RankedInfinite is a transatlantic communications agency with offices in the US as well as London. Its UK-based team is regularly consulted by leading law firms on a range of contentious issues, including those relating to banking and finance, real estate, construction and energy. The agency has a proven track record of working on significant and high-profile matters.
2 PortlandLitigation PR & Communications2025 | Band 2 | 4 Years RankedGlobal communications agency Portland advises governments, organisations and individuals across a range of jurisdictions. The firm's historical strengths in political campaigning and strategic communications provide the basis for its expertise in managing stakeholder messaging during complex litigation.
Band 3
Band 4
4 BursonLitigation PR & Communications2025 | Band 4 | 4 Years RankedHill + Knowlton Strategies recently merged with BCW to form Burson. The team is well regarded for guiding organisations and individuals through difficult legal challenges and providing reputation management and communication strategy expertise.
4 Hawthorn AdvisorsLitigation PR & Communications2025 | Band 4 | 4 Years RankedLondon-based Hawthorn Advisors is a strategic communications and advisory firm consisting of former journalists, barristers, solicitors and government advisers. The agency routinely handles sophisticated domestic and cross-border cases that often include a political, business or public element. It provides comprehensive reputation management expertise and its directors draw on their unique political campaigning experience in formulating litigation communications strategies.