Reputation Protection
Your reputation is your biggest asset. Whether you are a business or an individual, whether you seek the limelight or prefer anonymity, public scrutiny can bring significant risks.
Email and the internet allow publication of sensitive or damaging information to the world at large, often with little or no notice. Journalists, malicious competitors or gossips can permanently harm your reputation. Once sensitive information has been picked up by the media or spread on-line, an immediate response is vital to minimise its potential damage.
Why we are different
We have protected our clients' reputations for years. Many of our clients are household names but what sets us apart is our discretion; most of our work in this area never becomes public. Where we can, we stop publications or broadcasts altogether. Where the information has been published, our team acts with intelligence and speed.
We are tenacious in protecting our clients’ reputations, combining legal strategy with commercial advice and personal sensitivity. The value to our clients lies in the group's ability to provide calm counsel in difficult times, avoiding legal proceedings wherever possible and defending them forcefully when they arise.
But crisis management is by no means all we do. We know that is not enough. Through our Public Advocacy work and with our close connections in the worlds of PR and lobbying, we also help clients avoid the recurrence of similar crises and try to enhance as well as protect their personal and their business' reputations.
We are available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. We advise global businesses from all sectors and individuals from all walks of life – including those in the media, music and fashion industries, royalty, politicians, sports people, high-ranking businessmen and women, entrepreneurs and civil servants.
Services
- Obtaining, defending and discharging emergency injunctions
- Preventing and challenging publication of damaging stories or private information, in the media, online or in a commercial context
- Litigation involving defamation, privacy, reporting restrictions and all aspects of media law
- Pre-publication content clearance and advice to publishers at risk of publishing potentially contentious material
- Brand and reputation enhancement strategies
Experience
- High profile traders and hedge funds in relation to reputational issues in the fall-out from the financial crisis
- Pre-publication advice to specialist business publications, and several investment funds, to assess and manage the risk that content may be challenged
- Deactivating a series of defamatory websites and proving the identity of their anonymous author to the Court, following obtaining disclosure of information from various webhosts and internet service providers
- Obtaining short-notice injunctions to prevent disclosure of confidential information
- Advising a leading national professional services firm in relation to defamatory statements made by a competitor to several of its mutual clients
- Advising a national religious forum in relation to defamatory statements made about it on the internet and anticipated in a forthcoming book
- Acting for a high-ranking police officer in relation to defamatory allegations made against him in the national press and online
- Advising individuals in relation to incorrect and damaging allegations made on blogs and discussion forums
Contact
Ramona Mehta
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7440 7294
Mobile: +44 (0)7770 796 628
E-mail: ramona.mehta@mishcon.com
Anthony Julius
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7440 7025
E-mail: anthony.julius@mishcon.com