

Crisis Management
Preparing for major disruptions to business operations has never received such attention.
Growing environmental, health and safety standards combined with intense media scrutiny and stakeholder concerns mean that you need to clearly identify major risks which may affect the business and plan for all eventualities. Our integrated practice of regulatory experts and litigators is ideally suited to advise on developing, planning and implementing a crisis strategy. We advise on integrity testing plans, provide practical guidance on managing relationships with regulators and resolve disputes with as little disruption to our clients’ business.
In particular, we can advise on:
- developing a management and organisational structure to respond to an incident or crisis
- existing emergency response procedures
- the preparation of key documents to manage the role of parties such as contractors or JV partners
- selecting, appointing and managing other external advisors such as PR or media consultants
- training staff on crisis procedures
- managing the relationship with regulators in the event of a crisis
- bringing the business back into compliance
- civil and criminal proceedings which follow an incident
Explore our services
- Contaminated Land
- Environmental Health and Safety Regulation and Compliance Law
- Emissions and Carbon Trading
- Environmental Disclosure and Corporate Environmental Transparency
- Environmental and Climate Change Litigation
- Export Controls
News and insights

Publications: 01 June 2023
First of its kind "derivative action" climate case falls at the first hurdle
In a judgment handed down on 12 May 2023, the English High Court has refused permission for UK environmental NGO ClientEarth to continue "derivative claims" on behalf of Shell against its directors in…

Publications: 25 May 2023
Climate transition plans - charting a greener future
Climate transition plan – do you have one? Mandatory disclosure of climate transition plans is on the horizon – with the UK Government announcing its goal to set a ‘gold-standard’, and appointing the…

Publications: 23 May 2023
UK Green Finance Strategy - what to expect in 2023
In what was dubbed ‘Energy Security Day’, on 30th March 2023, the UK Government released an extensive suite of publications outlining plans to support the country’s legally binding net-zero target by…

Publications: 17 May 2023
European Commission publishes proposal for the Green Claims Directive
It’s not easy being green: the European Commission has published its long-awaited proposal for the Green Claims Directive to enhance consumer protection against greenwashing.
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