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Overview
We have extensive expertise in this area, and offer our clients tailored legal solutions to protect their reputation, privacy and confidentiality as effectively as possible.
We prefer to help clients manage their reputations to avoid the need for litigation. Before publication, we can operate quickly and flexibly in light of a potential media crisis. After publication, we act swiftly to seek remedies.
Where litigation is necessary, we have significant expertise in defamation, misuse of private information and breach of confidence, harassment, injunctive relief applications and online issues.
When the possible threats to any client’s reputation are not limited to the UK, we work with an international network of trusted firms, whose local knowledge and expertise supplement our own.
If you require urgent out-of-hours assistance, please contact our duty lawyer on +44 20 7874 5757.
Expertise
Our areas of expertise include the following:
- Using legal tools to assist with crisis management
- Providing legal advice on any issue that might affect reputation, whether before or after anything has appeared in the media or elsewhere
- Advising on leaked, stolen or otherwise misappropriated material, including photographs and data
- Guidance on harassment by journalists, photographers or others, both on- and offline
- Commencing proceedings, whether in court or by way of arbitration or mediation
- Assisting in cases where a reputation is in danger of being damaged as a result of third-party litigation
- Seeking injunctive relief when appropriate.
KEY CONTACT
KEY CONTACTS
The Simkins team are well-respected media litigators specialising in reputation protection.
Gideon Benaim
Partner
Jon Oakley
Partner
Gideon Benaim
Partner
Every lawyer I have worked with has been friendly, approachable and willing to listen.
They are very commercial, really understand our business and can apply the law practically in line with our business goals.
Quality and the feeling you have the best people on your team.
Clients say Gideon "…has great judgement and enormous experience in the field. He's really responsive, quick and user-friendly."
The Simkins media team are particularly good at high pressure, high profile battles where expertise must be accompanied with a sharp focus on reputational damage.
Gideon Benaim has provided incisive and wise counsel to us for a number of years, he thinks beyond black letter law, bringing real work common sense and pragmatism to what are frequently highly charged matters. His reputation may precede him but he remains humble and friendly. He is truly a valued adviser.
