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Public Affairs & Campaigns

21 Feb 2023

Labour means business, pledges shadow minister

DRD was delighted to host Bill Esterson MP, Labour’s shadow minister for business and industry, at a roundtable with leading businesses and organisations this morning.

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Crisis & Reputation Management

14 Feb 2023

Shareholder activism: harder, better, faster, stronger

Today’s activist shareholders come prepared with bold claims and sophisticated communications strategies. Viktor Koleda writes about steps that corporates can take to prepare for potential challenges.

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Schools & Universities

7 Feb 2023

Schools set to remain on cyber alert

Schools are braced for a fresh cyber onslaught after a bruising past year, say Kate Miller and Iona Cross.

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Reports
Competition & Regulation

6 Mar 2023

Chips with Everything

In this new report, DRD’s Ed Bowie examines how better policy coordination and the relaxation of competition controls could help resolve global chip shortages.

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Reports

25 Jul 2022

Conservative Leadership Election 2022

New report highlights the differences between the candidates for Leader of the Conservative Party.

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Reports

4 Jul 2022

Prising Open the Black Box

Six months since its inception, today DRD Partnership publishes its analysis of how the National Security and Investment Act has been working.

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Events
Crisis & Reputation Management

5 Dec 2024

DRD and Fountain Court Chambers roundtable: Can the UK cope with AI change?

Financing AI risk into opportunity; a recent DRD/Fountain Court Chambers roundtable explored whether the UK dons a regulatory straitjacket or can common law cope with the technology’s rise?

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Crisis & Reputation Management

28 Nov 2024

Arbitration and reputation management converge on Dubai

DRD partners Claire Davidson and Kate Miller reflect on five days in Dubai – a ‘hot’ legal centre and new frontier in strategic reputation management.

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Crisis & Reputation Management

21 Nov 2024

Disputes nightmares: what would you do if you are served with a worldwide freezing order?

Recently, DRD co-founder Claire Davidson, joined Mishcon de Reya’s Matthew Ewens, Partner in the Dispute Resolution team and Barry Coffey, Partner in the White Collar Crime and Investigations…

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