Litigation PR & Communications
Litigation Support Guide 2024 : UK-wide
Band 1
About
Provided by Brunswick Group Advisory Ltd.
We advise businesses involved in sensitive, high-stakes legal disputes, investigations or proceedings on how to preserve their reputation, relationships and value.
Our teams include qualified lawyers familiar with operating in complicated legal contexts. We understand the sensitivities surrounding legal disputes and have advised on the largest, most complex contentious legal matters across numerous jurisdictions.
We work as part of an integrated team with the client’s in-house communications team, internal and external legal counsel, and their executive leadership. Our bespoke teams draw on senior advisors from a broad range of professional backgrounds, including media, politics, regulation, accounting and the third sector. We provide full-service support and senior counsel: advice and planning, content and messaging, media relations, stakeholder engagement, risk management, digital and opinion research, public affairs and geopolitics, and campaigns.
We have specialist expertise across sectors including financial institutions, consumer industries, energy and resources, industrials and infrastructure, professional services, healthcare and life sciences, technology, and media and telecoms.
Brunswick is able to deliver seamlessly with fully-integrated, cross-border litigation teams drawing on support from our 27 global offices across Europe, Americas, IMEA and Asia.
Chambers Review
Brunswick 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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Brunswick is absolutely top-notch. We appreciate their ability to bring the necessary experience across their network together to provide very commercial advice through a team that knows our business."
"Brunswick brings incisive questioning, the ability to gain the respect of senior lawyers, and strategic advice. They have strong capabilities across markets, issues and industries."
"They produce creative, tailored and commercial solutions for clients."
"Brunswick is absolutely top-notch. We appreciate their ability to bring the necessary experience across their network together to provide very commercial advice through a team that knows our business."
"Brunswick brings incisive questioning, the ability to gain the respect of senior lawyers, and strategic advice. They have strong capabilities across markets, issues and industries."
"They produce creative, tailored and commercial solutions for clients."
Notable Practitioners
Antony Dunkels is a qualified barrister and former director of Edelman's litigation and legal affairs practice. He is a highly experienced litigation communications practitioner, often working with law firms and business organisations on complex and protracted commercial disputes.
"Aside from his experience and knowledge, Antony is good to work with. He understands the stakeholders and has a great temperament. He is a great support and ally."
"He has the advantage of having been a barrister, so he understands the sensitivities and process which is incredibly useful. You can have sensible conversations, balancing PR with litigation strategy."
"Antony is thoughtful and careful, thinks around a whole subject and is able to be decisive. He is also a strong and calming influence in difficult circumstances."
Charlie Potter is a qualified barrister and is well versed in broadcasting and media regulation. He co-leads the agency's global litigation practice and regularly advises media, telecommunications and professional services clients on communication issues.
"He used to be a barrister so he very much understands legal media risks and provides appropriate solutions for clients. He is extremely astute on that front."
"Charlie can translate legal issues into whatever newspaper it needs to go to. He is a fantastic journalist, the real deal in litigation and media comms."
Ranked Individuals at
Brunswick Group Advisory Ltd.
UK-wide