Corporate crisis management
Our client was a major listed professional services conglomerate which had grown rapidly through acquisition, but had suffered a potentially devastating fraud in a newly acquired operating subsidiary. In the first instance, we were called in to investigate the fraud.
However, it rapidly became apparent that the nature and scale of the issue had regulatory as well as civil and criminal implications. We liaised with the group CEO, organised a crisis management team, identified and retained appropriate legal counsel, and brought in the company’s PR advisors. Together we developed and implemented a strategy which protected the company’s immediate and long-term interests, averting a major business failure whilst preserving shareholder and stakeholder value.