Complex Environments
Specialist legal advice and support in complex and hostile environments, providing 24/7 emergency response and crisis management.
​​LAWYERS PROVIDING FRONTLINE CRISIS MANAGEMENT SUPPORT​
Our team handles major incidents and disputes for corporations and their insurers in hostile and complex environments globally. This includes matters arising from casualties, major loss, war, terrorism, political risks, kidnappings, hijackings, extortions, detention of people and property, and other challenging events.
We provide legal advice and frontline crisis management support. We assemble and deploy the required multi-disciplinary expertise, project manage the response, and work side by side with clients throughout the incident.
We also co-founded the Hostage Support Partnership, a pro bono humanitarian organisation that works worldwide to free hostages, particularly those who do not have access to the means or resources to secure their release.
Related capabilities
​​MAJOR INCIDENT LEGAL ADVICE AND OPERATIONAL SOLUTIONS
Our team is an elite specialist group that provides clients with solutions to help manage and resolve major incidents such as war, terrorism and political risk; seizure and detention of people and property; hijacking, piracy, kidnapping and extortion; ransom payments – including funding, logistics and compliance; and drug seizures and smuggling.
We advise clients on matters worldwide and our team are frequently called upon to work discretely and confidentially on cases of malicious risks; sabotage, blockade and civil commotion; evacuation; unlawful killing and active shooter. In addition, we can advise on confiscation and expropriation; asset recovery; special projects; and reputation management.
DRAWING UPON A SPECIALIST GLOBAL NETWORK ​
Our team consists of experienced commercial litigators and specialist counsel with extensive global litigation experience, technical experts, ex-military personnel with combat experience, former government employees, and media experts – all drawn from our global network.
The team also has a repertoire of global contacts commensurate with an international law firm which has engaged in crisis management worldwide for over 125 years. We utilise our sector and regional experience across our global network of offices and work across all time zones to provide a 24/7 global response.
We undertake on-the-ground urgent investigations and preserve and take evidence to support potential litigation and intervention by authorities. We act as evidence custodians and support clients with multi-jurisdictional disputes and investigations that often develop after a major incident.
​​RESOLVING YOUR ISSUES & EXPOSURES IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS​
Learn more about our experience, services and solution-based responses to complex and hostile environments.
EVIDENCE GATHERING & PRESERVATION IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS
Learn more about our specialist support in preserving critical evidence and managing post-incident investigations.
Our experience in Complex Environments
Our experience extends across a range of complex situations on an international scale, providing frontline support and required solutions. Our team has supported clients with resolution strategies during major incidents worldwide, including in recent times in Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Benin, Bulgaria, Egypt, Ecuador, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Libya, Nigeria, Philippines, Russia, Somalia, South Africa, Syria, Togo, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela and Yemen, making use of our contacts in governments, the military, private military or security, financial institutions, regulatory and intelligence agencies.
We’ve helped release of over 1,800 hostages and recovered billions of dollars’ worth of property, bringing the team unparalleled experience in all forms of resolution strategy and ransom payment.
We have worked with clients to develop bespoke claims management structures to deal with the exposures and volume claims arising after major incidents, such as casualties, major loss and natural disasters, including the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake.
We designed and managed bidder platforms to structure invitations to tender and distressed asset sales, especially following major loss incidents and in hostile environments. In February 2023, we choregraphed the distressed sale of 16 stranded vessels which became a total loss in a war zone, arising from the Ukraine/Russia war.
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