1) Pre-empt: Crisis prevention and contingency planning

Drivers for change are coming from many directions

No organisation can anticipate every threat, but establishing a collaborative, multi-skilled crisis management plan and dedicated team is essential to preventing reputational, legal and financial consequences.

We offer a wide range of legal services including:

Evaluating the extent to which political risk, trade credit, or other insurance policies provide cover against contractual risk allocation schemes or security arrangements
Assessing the extent and adequacy of internal anti-bribery and corruption/sanctions/compliance/anti-money laundering systems and control
Classifying risks of potential default under financing arrangements
Measuring adequacy of project plans and management systems for interfacing with a host state or local communities and responding to government or agency investigations, directions and interviews
Managing country entry/first-in-country transactions to prepare for plausible worst-case scenarios
Advising on enterprise risk mitigation strategies, including cybersecurity risk management
Undertaking corporate governance reviews to ensure best practice, deploying adequate whistle-blowing procedures and maintaining legal privilege over documents and communications
Acting as strategic advisors to boards and senior management
Providing training to personnel on crisis response, including live simulated exercises
Preparing for an activist campaign or unsolicited bid