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KARV creates strategies for outreach to all key stakeholders - employees, customers, regulators, and media. We design and implement comprehensive positioning, stakeholder engagement, and reputational enhancement initiatives, as well as effective media relations strategies on a global scale that address today’s most difficult and complex situations.

• Corporate Communications

• Financial Communications

• Global Communications

• Personal Reputation Enhancement

We prepare and guide clients through complex and sensitive crisis situations by diligently creating and executing detailed crisis plans. Not only do we help an enterprise “survive” the crisis; we also create a foundation upon which to rebuild reputation and retain the trust of important stakeholders.

• Set up a “crisis center” with access to all necessary communications resources

• Identify crisis management team and delineate of roles and responsibilities

• Work alongside appropriate legal counsel and other corporate functions to craft a message platform that succinctly presents the client’s position and rationale

• Anticipate likely developments and craft responses and messaging

• Respond in real time to new information, stakeholder reaction, media coverage, and other emerging developments

• Develop detailed, proactive crisis plans:

  • Early warning sign assessments - review potential crisis scenarios for the organization and assess their likelihood and impact

  • Guiding principles for responses to any crisis

  • Design & conduct tabletop crisis exercises and crisis training for leadership teams

We develop expert communications strategies focused on complex legal matters that often spark repetitional crises. With a deep understanding of the media and the client’s business goals, KARV implements communications campaigns that bolster and support litigation strategies, working closely with in-house and external legal counsel.

• We have assisted clients across a wide range of industries litigating in the US Supreme Court as well as in lower federal, state, and local court systems.

  • Contractual and competitive disputes

  • FCPA, CFIUS, and other regulatory investigations

  • SEC and trade violations

  • Holocaust asset litigation

  • Product recalls and product liability matters

  • Cybersecurity breaches

  • Bankruptcy/restructuring

  • Politically sensitive legal disputes

  • Cross-border arbitration

  • Labor-related matters

  • Employment law disputes

  • Art ownership and restitution disputes

KARV supports our clients’ priorities for policies and regulatory matters at the international, state, and local levels. We help achieve their goals by identifying and anticipating challenges and reacting quickly with focused intelligence-gathering and insightful counsel. This work includes crafting clear and compelling narratives to ensure decision-makers understand the client’s positions and perspectives.

Services Include:

• Market entry strategies

• Issues management campaigns

• Third party engagement programs incorporating think tanks, trade associations, unions, advocates and other organizations

• Executive office and agency outreach, promotion of foreign direct investment and tourism promotion

• Ongoing geopolitical analysis

In the ever-changing digital landscape of the 21st century, the curation of a compelling narrative is vital to the growth and reputation of companies and individuals.

KARV creates and conveys distinctive narratives to strengthen brand identity and differentiate our clients from the competition.

• Develop and implement social media strategies to communicate and highlight the narrative across all platforms

• Provide targeted media outreach and stakeholder engagement services, including but not limited to:

  • Profile-raising opportunities

  • Media training and preparation for targeted media engagements

  • Ongoing strategic counsel and media monitoring

  • SEO