Amber Melville-Brown

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ABOUT AMBER MELVILLE-BROWN

AMB in a nutshell - I am a dual qualified media lawyer and reputation and crisis manager, Global Head of the Media and Reputation team at Withersworldwide. I am admitted to practice in the Courts of England and Wales, and New York.Dual-qualification - Why- I have served my clients aa a lawyer admitted to practice in the Courts of England and Wales for more than 20 years. In 2017 I undertook a Master’s Degree in American Law, focusing on and media law, sat for the New York Bar exam, and am now also admitted as an attorney in New York. As the firm’s Global Head of Media and Reputation, I have a team of media specialists in London, colleagues in our West Coast and Asia-Pac offices, and I am now based in our Dispute Resolution team in our New York office. This enables us to provide a holistic and seamless service to our global client base, efficiently and effectively providing 24 hour coverage to our clients with media, reputation, privacy, data and communications issues.Clients - My clients range from heads of state to heads of major international corporations; members of parliament to membership organisations, charities and not for profits; popstars, sports stars and music stars, to politicians; private families and family offices to public figures; entrepreneurs and business people to employees. I enjoy meeting people from all walks of life, and am passionate about helping them all with regard their interface – be it positive or negative – with the wider world through traditional or social media.The law - I advise on defamation, privacy, breach of confidence, harassment, blackmail and data protection. I am admitted to the courts of England and Wales, and New York, and can offer advice in these areas on both sides of the Atlantic, and globally with the assistance where necessary of local counsel. Having also worked for publishers and broadcasters on the other side of the claimant / defendant divide enables me to anticipate actions and responses, and to find a solution for my clients.Beyond the Law - Legal acumen, experience and knowledge form the backbone of the assistance I provide to my clients. But I am also an experienced communicator, assisting clients with their messaging – internally within their organizations or family units, or externally to the public via traditional and new media. I provide assistance to my clients when there is any interface – wanted or unwanted – with the media or other organization where their reputation, brand, privacy or confidential information is at issue.