Investor relations

An earnings shortfall can be seen as either a momentary setback or a lasting stain on management's credibility. The difference is in communication. Great companies communicate well when they have difficult news. We can help you be among them.

Media relations

The media play a powerful role in shaping the reputations of organizations and their leaders. We know the techniques that can get you admired - or keep you from becoming a target. We can help you evaluate media coverage, develop a media strategy, sharpen your messages and prepare you to excel in media interviews.

Strategic transactions/M&A

Our people have extensive experience of M&A transactions in all major markets. Our communication plans get you ready to tell your strategic story and anticipate the issues and questions you'll face. We can handle initial press calls - and all the others that will follow. We've been helping clients communicate on strategic transactions in global markets for more than 25 years, and no communications specialist firm has a more extensive global network. We can help you develop and execute a communication program across borders and time zones.

IPOs/Listings/Capital-raising

A professional communications plan is integral to an IPO's success. We are experts in preparing companies for this crucial step. We also help companies to reinforce their success by ensuring they communicate to the highest standards to perform well in the markets.

Newly public companies face immediate and intensive scrutiny from investors, analysts, regulators and the media. We can help you develop the infrastructure to handle these challenges - from the first day of trading and beyond. We will also help you prepare for earnings announcements and other financial communications to ensure that your company is presented effectively. Building shareholder value as a public company starts with good communication.

Restructuring

Communicating well during a restructuring is vital to preserving value and maintaining strategic flexibility. We can help you develop a plan to reach all your audiences - so you can focus on the business. Globally, we have worked, around the globe, on some of the largest and most complex restructuring and bankruptcy assignments, across a wide range of industries.

Private equity

We understand the challenges faced by private equity firms, and we have helped many of them manage communications related to proposed deals as well as developments in their portfolio companies. We plan thoroughly and execute quickly when the stakes are high. Working closely with your legal and financial advisors, we can help you win support and meet your goals.

Corporate defense

Today companies of all sizes are potential targets for activist shareholders and many are vunlerable to an unsolicited offer. We can help you develop a communication plan to reach investors, customers and employees and articulate your strategy - long before you are in the headlines.

Corporate positioning

We understand how to communicate a lasting message and integrate it across all your channels - advertisements, marketing materials, websites, events and internal communications. It starts with understanding your business and your strategic objectives and with years of industry experience, it's something our senior counselors do exceptionally well.

Crisis management

Any company can face a crisis, and most are judged not by whether it occurred but by how they responded. Timely, credible communication in a crisis can make the difference between a momentary setback and lasting damage.

Reputation management

Reputation management is a boardroom issue for companies which understand the relationship between reputation and value. We can help you to see the issues clearly and to address them responsibly and productively. We help companies to build trusted relationships with their critical audiences.

Communications planning

Corporate communications planning is an essential activity which enables organizations to achieve optimum results. Gavin Anderson's methodology has been tried and tested globally with companies that manage their communications professionally. Our consultants can help you to inform audiences, solve issues and change perceptions.

Sustainability & CSR

Organizations everywhere are facing questions about climate change and social responsibility issues. We can help you understand these issues - and give you insights about the way stakeholders see them. We can also help you educate your employees about these issues, gain recognition for new initiatives and shape the regulatory debate that will affect your industry.

Litigation support

Litigation can put your hard-won corporate reputation immediately at risk. We can help you develop a compelling message and deliver it effectively. We've had decades of experience helping clients on complex and contentious issues - so they can win outside the courthouse as well as inside.

Media relations

The media play a powerful role in shaping the reputations of organizations and their leaders. We know the techniques that can get you admired - and keep you protected from your critics. We can help you evaluate media coverage, develop a media strategy, sharpen your messages and prepare you to excel in media interviews.

Business campaigns

Gavin Anderson assists clients to develop measures that raise and strengthen their presence and profile. An effective corporate profile raising campaign involves an understanding of the interaction between the company and its stakeholders. Activities that we undertake as part of assisting businesses to communicate to these groups include designing and implementing perception audits, advising on financial media and investor relations, corporate positioning, ongoing profile raising campaigns, employee communications, crisis management and the development of corporate literature, including company annual reports.

Influencing legislation

GA has unrivalled bi-partisan access to Governments. We can reach decision-makers, find and mobilize key allies, identify and analyze opponents, target key influencers, craft arguments, coach clients in the conduct of meetings, track legislation and utilise the media and political system to the client's benefit. We also provide intelligence, feedback and evaluation.

We work with all levels of government and their advisors across all parties. We also work with senior departmental officials and other key bureaucrats who are an important part of a government program.

Regulation issues

Staying informed about issues in overseas markets that can affect your business and reputation is more important than ever. We can help you prepare for a variety of outcomes when the results of regulatory action are uncertain. We have the most extensive global network of any financial communications firm, and our people have the first-hand knowledge of overseas markets.

Competition issues

GA has provided this regulatory advice successfully over many years to a number of large multinationals. We deal regularly with government regulators and have significant experience with foreign investment, privatization and regular competition and consumer issues.

Government regulations

We work with our clients to deal with an issue and to develop a strategy and targeted key messages that are designed to minimize any collateral impact swiftly, accurately and compellingly. The key element to managing issues is being prepared: anticipating the issue, developing strategies for dealing with it and then avoiding it or minimizing its impact.

Governments do not work in a vacuum; they are elected to reflect and respond to the wishes of the public. Politicians are sensitive to their constituencies and as such, are more likely to respond to a community call for action than a lone request from a single corporation. A support-building campaign often requires the formation of a coalition of like-minded groups. Tapping the power of the community's voice or minimising its impact is a powerful communications tool that we have successfully harnessed in numerous campaigns.