Risk & Crisis Management

Analyses S. R. Labby provides

• Command and control of risk and crisis management (the frequent failure to address
  this area renders many other risk
  management components valueless)

• Media management

• Regulatory risks*

• Corporate governance

• Data privacy audits

• Custom data privacy compliance programs

• Acquisition and joint venture risk

• Industry best practices

• Data breach crisis management

• Regional, national, and global political risks

* S. R. Labby does not generally act as a primary advisor for environmental and financial industry regulation; as part of broader engagements, the Firm engages and monitors professionals in these areas.

S. R. Labby provides innovative risk, security, liability, and crisis management to public and private companies, political campaigns, and individuals. Whether we lead investigations and audits, set up security and risk plans, or manage an active crisis, our quantitative and qualitative analyses of enterprise-wide business risks allow us to provide clients with a superior assessment of risk and liability, mitigation options, implementation, and crisis planning. From cybersecurity to physical threats to people and facilities, or from public relations crises to the emerging arena of climate risk and liability, S. R. Labby takes a comprehensive view of risk, integrating business cost, legal liability, public relations, media coverage, and any other relevant considerations into our assessments. Often acting as a quarterback for a team of specialists carefully assembled by the Firm and our clients, we help navigate unique challenges with world-class teams.

Risk management is vital for all clients, from individuals to corporations. The key is understanding the unique nature of each client’s needs and working to assess and mitigate risks specific to that client. No material risk can be reduced to zero; risk management is not risk elimination. Consequently, our Firm is particularly attentive to the context of business risk and the effects of risk assessments themselves. For example, we avoid the standard “list” approach to risk management because we believe it often increases rather than reduces company costs by providing potential litigants and deal counterparties with misleading and damaging information that has not been properly and contextually quantified.

In addition to other areas of risk management, S. R. Labby helps businesses, political organizations, and individuals assess significant climate risks and provides solutions to build resilience and sustainability. Climate change poses a growing and serious threat to the financial and physical security of nearly all industries, and our Firm’s depth and breadth of experience in risk and crisis management uniquely situate us to assist clients in the increasingly tumultuous world of severe weather events, crop destruction, fire, and flooding. Climate risks can be addressed much like many other risks businesses face, though the large-scale and encompassing nature of this risk and potentially related crises require unique and innovative solutions to ensure the future of any organization.

Crisis management is a separate but connected practice to risk management. One can manage risk without a crisis, but crisis management can only happen with a thorough evaluation and mitigation of present and future risks. When a crisis hits the heart of an organization or a person’s life, immediate and effective action must be taken to lower the impact and fallout. Our attorneys have dealt with crises from hedge fund meltdowns to Presidential campaign shocks, from hostile shareholders to terrorist threats, and provide clients a calm and stable lead during these upsets.