ENGLAND & WALES Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: James Lynch, Sophie Green and Nick Connor Maltin PR
Maltin PR is an award-winning and internationally recognised litigation PR firm that provides a range of services to litigants and their legal teams, focused on protecting reputations and advancing clients’ wider legal strategies in the UK, the US, Europe and Asia. With offices at Aldwych House in the heart of legal London, as well as in Washington DC, Chicago and California, Maltin PR comprises 40 law firm market- ing and PR experts, including qualified barristers and
solicitors, senior and multi award-winning former BBC News and Fleet Street journalists and experi- enced copywriters. The firm has excellent connec- tions with the media and is astute in developing and implementing strategic international reputation man- agement campaigns. The firm is ranked in Band 1 for Litigation PR and Communications in the UK section of the UK Chambers Litigation Support Guide, and in Band 3 in the Global section.
Authors
James Lynch is a highly experienced litigation PR expert and partner at Maltin PR. He is quick to spot the optimum story arc for the client, and works to ensure that this translates across into media coverage. James is
Nick Connor is qualified as a lawyer and has now turned his litigation experience towards strategic communications. Now non-practising, he combines his commercial thinking with his familiarity with the legal
ranked in the Chambers Litigation Support Guide for Litigation PR and Communications, with referees noting that he is “an asset to any team”, is “dogged in his approach” and “works very hard to achieve results”. Clients state that he is “incredibly calm, never flustered” and “a real star in this world”.
system to help clients navigate complex PR challenges. He has worked on a number of high- profile PR mandates, assisting clients with navigating intense media scrutiny before, during and after trials. Nick works closely with clients’ legal teams, using his understanding of the needs of commercial litigation to optimise clients’ messaging.
Sophie Green has extensive experience in working with corporates, ultra-high net worth individuals, celebrities and high- profile executives on both litigious and advisory matters, specialising in
cases that are highly sensitive and carry considerable reputational risk. Prior to joining Maltin PR, Sophie practised media law at a specialist media and reputation firm, where she specialised in all aspects of media and privacy law, including defamation, misuse of private information, and breaches of confidence.
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