Paul Holmes
Crisis & Risk Management Guide 2024
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About
Provided by Paul Holmes
Career
Paul advises corporations and institutions on high-stakes challenges, with a focus on crisis and issues, civil and criminal litigation, compliance, enforcement and governance. He has counseled directors and C-suites on some of the biggest crises in corporate history, sensitive leadership changes, record-breaking settlements and bet-the-company lawsuits. His less conventional mandates include representing the shipping line in the 2009 hijacking of the Maersk Alabama and pro bono support for a death row inmate and the families of Americans held hostage in Iran.
Paul is an Ethics Fellow of the Poynter Institute of Journalism Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida and a member of the Leadership Council of the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Before taking up a career in strategic communications, Paul was a successful international journalist for almost three decades, working in more than 50 countries. He was the Global Editor for Political and General News for five years at Reuters.
Publications
Finsbury Glover Hering Insights: “Ransomware is not going away: A Conversation with Mandiant” – July 2021
Latin Lawyer Guide to Corporate Crisis Management: “Singing from the Same Song Sheet: How Collaboration Between Legal and Communications Can Mitigate a Crisis” (Fourth Edition) - December 2021
Chambers Review
Crisis & Risk Management
Partner and vice chair at FGS Global, Paul Holmes works with corporate and institutional clients on major crisis situations. His work includes civil and criminal litigation matters, as well as governance and compliance mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Paul draws on years of experience dealing with the press in tense, complex, cross-border situations. He stays calm and smart even when clients are freaking out."
"Paul draws on years of experience dealing with the press in tense, complex, cross-border situations. He stays calm and smart even when clients are freaking out."
Articles, highlights and press releases
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Protecting Your Company’s Reputation During Investigations
This piece was originally published by Bloomberg Law on Nov. 1, 2019. Missteps during a government investigation, especially in communications, can cause serious harm to a company’s credibility and reputation. Finsbury offers four principles legal teams should keep in mind to avoid common pitfalls.
Protecting Your Company’s Reputation During Investigations
This piece was originally published by Bloomberg Law on Nov. 1, 2019. Missteps during a government investigation, especially in communications, can cause serious harm to a company’s credibility and reputation. Finsbury offers four principles legal teams should keep in mind to avoid common pitfalls.
