Modern slavery statement

Why we publish this statement

Our annual turnover is below the threshold at which section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires a statement. We publish one voluntarily, because several of our clients are required to publish their own and cannot do so properly without information from their suppliers, which include us.

Our business

We are a crisis and reputation counsel with offices in London and New York and sixty-one employees. We provide professional advice. We do not manufacture anything, and most of what we buy is professional services, technology, office supplies and travel.

Our supply chain

Our principal suppliers provide: office premises, cleaning and maintenance; technology equipment, software and hosting; printing; catering for client meetings; travel and accommodation; recruitment; and specialist research, translation and transcription. We consider the risk of slavery and human trafficking to be highest in cleaning and catering services, in the manufacture of technology equipment, and in transcription and translation services provided from outside the United Kingdom and the United States.

What we did this year

We asked our twenty largest suppliers, and every supplier in the higher-risk categories above, to confirm in writing that they comply with the Act or its equivalent and to describe the steps they take in their own supply chains. Nineteen of twenty-three did so; we are following up with the other four. Our office cleaning contractor in London pays its staff at least the London Living Wage, which we require. We trained every member of staff who buys services for the firm.

Approval

This statement was approved by the members of Halden Rook LLP on 3 September 2026 and is signed on their behalf by Margaret Halden, Senior Partner.