About us
We are experts in crisis communications. We bring real-time, real-world experience to high-pressure environments and work hand-in-hand with leadership, and inhouse legal and communications teams. We provide clients with the tools they need to identify areas of concern, anticipate and prepare for a crisis, establish key roles and responsibilities, and early warning monitoring, to help manage and mitigate the risk when disaster strikes.
H/Advisors, strategic communications experts dedicated to enhancing reputation and building trust to fulfil ambitions. Founded in 2001, H/Advisors employ 1,500+ multi-disciplinary experts in 40+ offices across Europe, America, APAC and the Middle East. Driven by deep industry expertise and a problem-solving ethos, core specialisms include Crisis & Reputation Management, Corporate Communications, Digital, Data & Creative, Investor Relations & Financial Communications, Litigation, M&A & Shareholder Activism, Public Affairs & Policy Advisory, Sustainability & ESG, and Transformation & Change. H/Advisors is part of Havas, one of the world's largest media, creative and entertainment groups.
H/Advisors Crisis & Reputation Management experts
Abigail Ruck
New York
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Ali Al-Hamadani
Dubai
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Dan Underwood
Tokyo
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Dennis Meyer
Berlin
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Rodney Alfven
Stockholm
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Victor Fernandez
Barcelona
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Ania Ould Lamara
Paris
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Andrés Luther
Zurich
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Corrado Tomassini
Milan
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Billy Briggs
Sydney
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Ricardo Salvo
Lisbon
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Helena Walsh
EU
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Wai Leong Tang
Singapore
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Vikki Kosmalska
London
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As reputation and media lawyers, we support our clients in managing the reputation crises which can engulf almost any business, often at short notice. Typically, we will advise on the legal options in dealing with the media and the online platforms, to ensure that our clients are in a position to maximise their legal leverage. But we will not just be working 'in the moment'. We will also be factoring in potential risk areas further down the line, whether legal (e.g. future litigation), reputational (how a company responds to an issue often says more about it than the issue itself) or commercial.
Almost invariably, this means working closely with our clients' in-house and external communications teams. That doesn't just mean redlining draft media statements; it means understanding the importance of landing comms messaging, and how media outlets are likely to react to legal responses. Often, it means taking a wider risk-based view.
Sometimes it is necessary to take a more visible role, engaging with the media outlets and their lawyers, to ensure that coverage does not cross the legal or regulatory line.
And after the dust has settled, we help to manage any fallout from the crisis, for example ensuring that any unlawful misinformation is taken down and the record set straight. Ultimately, it is usually more important for the business to win in the court of public opinion, than to notch up a legal victory in a court of law.
