It encompasses corporate governance, the impact of new/changing legislation and the legal and commercial dangers of non-compliance – key areas of risk that businesses need to embrace. This is why 'risk' has become an agenda item at board meetings throughout corporate UK.
The management, resourcing and communications around risk are at a board headline level as well as an operational level for our clients. In-house Counsel increasingly have risk as part of their remit. Our strategic thinking helps our clients gain commercially through the consideration, planning, mitigation and reasoned adoption of risk.
We operate in a way that enables our clients turn avoidance into a source of competitive advantage.
We are the only firm in the market to have a specialism across Regulation, Risk and Reputation. This means that we have one of the largest and most talented teams in the country, as independently verified by Chambers and Legal 500.
We know that by helping our clients plan for changes in their risk profile, corporate governance requirements and regulatory burden in a structured way, we provide them with real peace of mind.
Many of our clients are feeling the weight of regulatory pressures through increased Government and Regulator legislation. Bond Pearce provides them with an enhanced understanding of the issues affecting their organisations and proposes plans to facilitate compliance. We introduce them to proactive working methods that ensure they are not caught on the back foot so risks are identified in a timely manner and mitigated, allowing their brands’ reputations to remain unblemished.
Our Regulation, Risk and Reputation team of over 70 lawyers includes individuals who have worked for regulators, and so can give real insight into ways to keep them satisfied. Our clients know that should the worst happen, and they come to us in distress, their needs will be met and issues resolved. They already appreciate the commercial, practical and pragmatic approach we offer and being able to have one firm that takes care of all their corporate governance, regulatory, risk and reputational requirements, as well as having expertise of their industry, is a real boon.
Our clients understand that by proactively considering risk, they have increased certainty that no unexpected surprises will slip them up on the way to achieving their business objectives. This avoids time-consuming detours and the costs associated with them. We also represent enhanced value for money. The experience we have working with our clients, the wide range of services we offer in the area of regulation, risk and reputation and our sector expertise means that we avoid the ramping up costs associated with starting work in completely fresh sectors. Additional value is provided through extra services we offer, such as training. The transfer of knowledge and skills into our clients’ organisations saves on consultation time and money in the future.