Our crisis-management work cuts across the firm’s practice groups and includes lawyers from the White Collar & Regulatory Defense, Commercial Litigation, Data Strategy & Security and other teams. We are well respected in the market for excellence in these disciplines, with a deep bench of both career defense lawyers and former government officials who bring the perspectives that clients in crisis most need. In very time-sensitive situations, our government connections, security clearances, 24/7 staffing capabilities and long-standing experience with crisis situations make us ideally suited to react quickly and appropriately.

There are few fact patterns we have not seen play out before, and our experience is our most powerful tool in advising clients on how to prepare for, and deescalate, difficult scenarios. We work hand in glove with clients on these efforts; we recognize that one size does not fit all and that crisis plans need to be dynamic and continuously enhanced as new types of risks evolve.

We work with clients to identify and leverage additional crisis resources, including PR firms, crisis consultants and investigative agencies. We have long-standing relationships with many such firms that we can recommend and also extensive experience partnering with professionals selected by our clients. We are well versed in working with these resources to provide efficient and full-service coverage. Likewise, we understand how to work seamlessly with clients’ internal communications, information security and other relevant teams in responding to and remediating crisis situations.

For dozens of companies, boards, schools and individuals around the world who are our clients, Debevoise is the first call in the event of a crisis. Many hire our firm for the first time to shepherd them through “bet-the-company” crises of all kinds because of our track record of expertly handling the most high-stakes and sensitive legal work.Our crisis-management work cuts across the firm’s practice groups and includes lawyers from the White Collar & Regulatory Defense, Commercial Litigation, Data Strategy & Security and other teams. We are well respected in the market for excellence in these disciplines, with a deep bench of both career defense lawyers and former government officials who bring the perspectives that clients in crisis most need. In very time-sensitive situations, our government connections, security clearances, 24/7 staffing capabilities and long-standing experience with crisis situations make us ideally suited to react quickly and appropriately. There are few fact patterns we have not seen play out before, and our experience is our most powerful tool in advising clients on how to prepare for, and deescalate, difficult scenarios. We work hand in glove with clients on these efforts; we recognize that one size does not fit all and that crisis plans need to be dynamic and continuously enhanced as new types of risks evolve. We work with clients to identify and leverage additional crisis resources, including PR firms, crisis consultants and investigative agencies. We have long-standing relationships with many such firms that we can recommend and also extensive experience partnering with professionals selected by our clients. We are well versed in working with these resources to provide efficient and full-service coverage. Likewise, we understand how to work seamlessly with clients’ internal communications, information security and other relevant teams in responding to and remediating crisis situations.

Crisis Management