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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
They take a sensible pragmatic approach to a contentious situation. Their legal analysis of the issue is good and they provide a number of options to me as the client as to how to move forward.
They are great - we can rely on them to be responsive and do extremely high-quality work
Simkins have an excellent media practice constantly evolving with the changes in our industry.
Vast knowledge and experience of very difficult cases and high profile ones.
Sources characterise Benaim as "very responsive and very commercial," noting that he secures "excellent results for his clients."
The people that one turns to in times of crisis have to be compassionate as well as capable and the Simkins team are just that.
