Crisis & issues management.

In a crisis, a restructuring or under intense scrutiny, the commercial pressures need to be managed alongside the reputational ones. We have been in those rooms, advising boards, guiding CEOs, managing media and working alongside lawyers and other external advisers, through some of the most difficult situations Australian organisations have faced.

Crisis response strategy and execution
Board and CEO counsel through live incidents
Restructuring and special-situations advisory
Regulatory investigations, scrutiny and disclosure
Crisis preparation: scenarios, workshops and simulations
Post-crisis review and reputation recovery
Stakeholder strategy & government advisory.

We have worked inside government, and we have advised clients through some of the most contested stakeholder, regulatory and policy challenges in the country. Our advice starts with how decisions actually get made, not how they appear to get made.

Political and government engagement strategy
Political and regulatory risk assessment
Stakeholder mapping and engagement
Advocacy and campaign strategy
Union and stakeholder engagement
Inquiry and royal commission preparation
Reputation, media & communications.

We help organisations decide what to say, when to say it, and when to say nothing. Our work covers reputation strategy, media handling, and financial and M&A communications. We have direct relationships with senior news and business editors and journalists across the major Australian mastheads.

Reputation strategy and narrative
Strategic communications and media handling
Financial, M&A and investor communications
Internal communications strategy and execution
Media training and spokesperson preparation
Corporate affairs function design and review
New leader advisory.

The first months in a new role are the ones that count the most. We have advised leaders through some of the most demanding transitions in Australian corporate and public life. What we offer is a confidential sounding board: someone to workshop thinking with, pressure-test decisions before they are made, and bring perspective from many transitions to one that is brand new.

Situation mapping: what is real, what is noise
Priority setting and first-100-day strategy
Board and stakeholder relationship strategy
Internal team alignment and communications
Personal story and external narrative
Ongoing counsel through the transition period