Crisis and Restructuring

When unplanned events threaten the public perception of organizations and businesses, the management must respond and prioritize quickly, choosing the right approach to meet the anticipated future development of the crisis, as public opinion forms rapidly in such situations. Crises can include product failures or recalls, facilities disasters, employee strikes, financial shortfalls, consumer boycotts, class action litigation, regulatory sanctions and criminal prosecutions.

The unfamiliarity of the circumstances, lack of preparedness, strong emotion and issues of legal liability often hinder crisis communications response. The consequences can have lasting effects on an organization’s relationships with its employees, customers, investors, communities, regulators and other key constituencies.

AMO assists its clients in all phases of crisis planning and response. As part of crisis communications, we focus not only on preventing any escalation of problems that affect our clients but also on exploiting opportunities as they arise. We believe that crisis prevention doesn’t stop at defending our client’s reputation, but should always contribute to increasing corporate value.

Local expert contacts:

AMO US

Rhonda Barnat

Tel.: +1-212-371-5999

E-mail: rb@abmac.com

AMO UK

William Clutterbuck

Tel.: +44-20-7379-5151

E-mail: wclutterbuck@maitland.co.uk

AMO France

Benoît Viala

Tel.: +33-1-5847-9393

E-mail: benoit.viala@eurorscg.fr

AMO Germany

Tina Mentner

Tel.: +49-211-430-79-17

E-mail: tmentner@heringschuppener.com

AMO Switzerland

Victor Schmid

Tel.: +41 43 344 42 42

E-mail: victor.schmid@konsulenten.ch

AMO Spain

Juan Francisco Polo or Arturo Pinedo

Tel.: +34-91-563-7722

E-mail: fpolo@llorenteycuenca.com

or apinedo@llorenteycuenca.com

AMO Latin America

Luisa García

Tel.: +507-263-9899

E-mail: lgarcia@llorenteycuenca.com