People
People
61 people in London and New York. A partner leads every matter from the first call, and the partner who takes the call stays with it.
Partners and senior people
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Margaret Halden
Senior Partner
Founded the firm with Anthony Rook in 2003 and has led it since. Advises chairs, chief executives and general counsel on the decisions that come before the statement.
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Nathaniel Cobb
Partner
Leads the firm’s crisis and regulatory work in North America. Advises operators before licensing regulators, and companies whose equipment is in hospitals.
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Frances Idowu
Partner
Leads the firm’s litigation communications practice. A former litigation solicitor, she advises clients and their lawyers on what can be said, by whom and when.
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Anthony Rook
Consultant
Co-founder of the firm. Retired as a partner in 2021 and has been a consultant since, advising a small number of clients of long standing.
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Laura Whitcombe
Partner
Advises boards and general counsel in financial services and technology on investigations, leadership changes and disputes with investors.
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Catherine Dunmore
Partner
Leads the firm’s regulatory and public affairs work in London: consultations, inquiries, select committees and the conversations before them.
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Owen Hallworth
Partner
Runs the Desk, the firm’s research team, and its narrative risk service: who is likely to write about a client, and what they are likely to ask.
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Matthew Kerrigan
Partner
A former broadcast news producer who leads the firm’s crisis response team in London and writes most of its exercises.
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Isobel Garside
Partner
Advises hospital groups, medical device makers and charities on readiness, recalls and inquiries. Formerly director of communications of a hospital trust.
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Helen Barraclough
Chief Operating Officer
Runs the firm’s finance, people, technology and records, and chaired its review of document handling in 2025.
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Geoffrey Bannard
Senior Adviser
A former editor of a regional daily newspaper who reads clients’ statements as a newsroom would, usually the night before they are published.
Everyone, alphabetically
| Name | Title | Office |
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| Naomi Arimura | Senior Associate | London |
| Geoffrey Bannard | Senior Adviser | London |
| Helen Barraclough | Chief Operating Officer | London |
| Alice Brennan | Research Analyst, the Desk | London |
| Nathaniel Cobb | Partner | New York |
| Hannah Corbett | Associate | New York |
| Marcus Delahaye | Director | New York |
| Catherine Dunmore | Partner | London |
| Lucy Fenwick | Associate Director | London |
| Tom Ferrier | Associate | London |
| Isobel Garside | Partner | London |
| Margaret Halden | Senior Partner | London |
| Owen Hallworth | Partner | London |
| Eliza Hartigan | Director | London |
| Frances Idowu | Partner | London |
| Matthew Kerrigan | Partner | London |
| Ruth Mensah | Senior Associate | New York |
| Dana Mirsky | Executive Assistant | New York |
| Daniel Ojo | Associate Director | London |
| Anthony Rook | Consultant | London |
| Gemma Royle | Executive Assistant to the Senior Partner | London |
| Rebecca Stannard | Head of Knowledge and Records | London |
| James Tolland | Director | New York |
| Priya Venkatesh | Director, Digital listening | London |
| Laura Whitcombe | Partner | New York |
The list includes our partners, consultants and senior staff and the people clients are most likely to work with; it does not include everyone in our finance, technology and office teams, without whom none of it would work. In keeping with our clients’ preferences, we do not publish photographs of our people.