Halloran

Strategic Communications

Counsel for companies that can’t afford to get the story wrong.

Halloran handles media relations, reputation, and crisis response for companies where the next headline actually matters.

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Senior counsel on every account · 24/7 crisis line · Est. 2014

Trusted by communications and executive teams at

  • Northgate Foods

  • Lumen Pay

  • Arcfield Systems

  • Brightwater Health

  • Castellan Freight

  • Everly & Stone

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Why companies call us

The story moves faster than your approval chain.

A reporter calls at 4pm with a 6pm deadline. A funding announcement leaks a week early. A new CEO starts on Monday and the first profile runs on Wednesday. In each case, the company that comes out well is rarely the one with the biggest team. It’s the one where someone experienced already knew what to say.

That’s the job we do. We sit close enough to your leadership to know the business, and close enough to the press to know how a story will be read before it runs.

What we do

Three disciplines. One narrative.

Most clients start with one and end up using all three, because the same people run them.

Media Relations

Earned coverage in the outlets your stakeholders actually read. Pitches built around a specific reporter’s beat, not a distribution list.

  • Trade, national business and analyst coverage

  • Launch, funding and milestone announcements

  • Monthly placement reporting

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Media Relations

Earned coverage in the outlets your stakeholders actually read. Pitches built around a specific reporter’s beat, not a distribution list.

  • Trade, national business and analyst coverage

  • Launch, funding and milestone announcements

  • Monthly placement reporting

Explore media relations →

Reputation Management

Proactive narrative-building before you need it: executive visibility, thought leadership, and audits that catch a problem before it’s a headline.

  • Executive visibility programmes

  • Quarterly reputation audits

  • Leadership transition communications

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Reputation Management

Proactive narrative-building before you need it: executive visibility, thought leadership, and audits that catch a problem before it’s a headline.

  • Executive visibility programmes

  • Quarterly reputation audits

  • Leadership transition communications

Explore reputation management →

Crisis Response

A senior team on call, not a junior account rep learning on the job. Holding statement within the hour, full response the same day.

  • 24/7 line answered by a senior person

  • Readiness plans and tabletop exercises

  • Spokesperson preparation

See how crisis response works →

Crisis Response

A senior team on call, not a junior account rep learning on the job. Holding statement within the hour, full response the same day.

  • 24/7 line answered by a senior person

  • Readiness plans and tabletop exercises

  • Spokesperson preparation

See how crisis response works →

Media Relations

Earned coverage in the outlets your stakeholders actually read. Pitches built around a specific reporter’s beat, not a distribution list.

  • Trade, national business and analyst coverage

  • Launch, funding and milestone announcements

  • Monthly placement reporting

Explore media relations →

Reputation Management

Proactive narrative-building before you need it: executive visibility, thought leadership, and audits that catch a problem before it’s a headline.

  • Executive visibility programmes

  • Quarterly reputation audits

  • Leadership transition communications

Explore reputation management →

Crisis Response

A senior team on call, not a junior account rep learning on the job. Holding statement within the hour, full response the same day.

  • 24/7 line answered by a senior person

  • Readiness plans and tabletop exercises

  • Spokesperson preparation

See how crisis response works →

How we work

The partner who scopes it is the partner who runs it.

Four stages, the same senior people throughout.

01

Listen before we pitch

A first call with a partner, usually within two business days. We ask what’s at stake, who needs to believe what, and what’s already been said publicly. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll tell you on that call and suggest who might be.

Output: a straight answer

02

Map the narrative

We audit how you’re currently covered and discussed, identify the three or four audiences that matter, and write the core narrative and proof points everyone will speak from, including what you should not say.

Output: narrative and message house

03

Place and prepare

We pitch named reporters with angles built for their beat, prepare your spokespeople for each interview, and keep a holding statement and Q&A ready for the questions nobody wants to be asked.

Output: placements and briefing packs

04

Report honestly

A monthly report that shows what ran, what didn’t and why, and how sentiment moved. No vanity metrics, no ad-value equivalents. Just whether the story is landing with the people you need.

Output: monthly report and review call

01

Listen before we pitch

A first call with a partner, usually within two business days. We ask what’s at stake, who needs to believe what, and what’s already been said publicly. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll tell you on that call and suggest who might be.

Output: a straight answer

02

Map the narrative

We audit how you’re currently covered and discussed, identify the three or four audiences that matter, and write the core narrative and proof points everyone will speak from, including what you should not say.

Output: narrative and message house

03

Place and prepare

We pitch named reporters with angles built for their beat, prepare your spokespeople for each interview, and keep a holding statement and Q&A ready for the questions nobody wants to be asked.

Output: placements and briefing packs

04

Report honestly

A monthly report that shows what ran, what didn’t and why, and how sentiment moved. No vanity metrics, no ad-value equivalents. Just whether the story is landing with the people you need.

Output: monthly report and review call

By the numbers

93%

average client retention

40+

earned placements per client, per year

6+ yrs

average length of a client relationship

90 min

average time to first public statement in a crisis

Figures reflect typical active-engagement performance.

Recent work

A product recall broke on social media before the company had a statement ready.

How we rebuilt trust with regulators, press, and customers in under three weeks.

72 hrs

from negative coverage to neutral-to-positive sentiment

They had a plan ready before we’d finished our internal call.

Read the full case study →

An opened product box and printed product-inspection sheets on a boardroom table
An opened product box and printed product-inspection sheets on a boardroom table

Where we work

Six sectors where a bad week becomes a bad year.

We go deep in a few industries rather than claiming all of them.

Financial technology

Funding rounds, regulatory scrutiny and trust are the same story. We time announcements around the raise and prepare for the questions regulators will read.

Typical client: Series B–D payments or lending company

Enterprise technology

Buyers read trade press and analyst notes before they read your website. We build credibility where procurement teams actually look.

Typical client: B2B software, 200–2,000 employees

Consumer goods and retail

When something goes wrong, customers hear about it on social before your quality team confirms it. We plan for the recall before there is one.

Typical client: national consumer brand or retailer

Healthcare services

Patients, regulators and staff need different messages at the same time, and every word is read by counsel. We work alongside your legal team, not around it.

Typical client: multi-site provider or health-tech platform

Energy and climate tech

New categories need reporters who understand them. We find and brief the few who do, and translate the engineering for the ones who don’t.

Typical client: hardware or grid company at commercial launch

Public and pre-IPO companies

Leadership changes, activist pressure and contested votes play out in the financial press first. We work to the calendar your board is working to.

Typical client: listed or IPO-track mid-cap

Financial technology

Funding rounds, regulatory scrutiny and trust are the same story. We time announcements around the raise and prepare for the questions regulators will read.

Typical client: Series B–D payments or lending company

Enterprise technology

Buyers read trade press and analyst notes before they read your website. We build credibility where procurement teams actually look.

Typical client: B2B software, 200–2,000 employees

Consumer goods and retail

When something goes wrong, customers hear about it on social before your quality team confirms it. We plan for the recall before there is one.

Typical client: national consumer brand or retailer

Healthcare services

Patients, regulators and staff need different messages at the same time, and every word is read by counsel. We work alongside your legal team, not around it.

Typical client: multi-site provider or health-tech platform

Energy and climate tech

New categories need reporters who understand them. We find and brief the few who do, and translate the engineering for the ones who don’t.

Typical client: hardware or grid company at commercial launch

Public and pre-IPO companies

Leadership changes, activist pressure and contested votes play out in the financial press first. We work to the calendar your board is working to.

Typical client: listed or IPO-track mid-cap

Find a case study in your sector →

What clients say

The same people answer the phone in year five.

  • Elena was on our first call and she was still on the call two years later. Nobody handed us off. When our CEO transition leaked early, she had a statement in front of our board in under an hour.

    VP Communications, Arcfield Systems

    They told us which reporters would care about our Series C and which ones wouldn’t. Nine placements in six weeks, and not one of them was a rewritten press release.

    Chief Executive, Lumen Pay

    Priya’s team treated our legal review as part of the plan, not an obstacle to it. That’s the difference between a crisis firm and a PR firm that does crisis.

    General Counsel, Brightwater Health

    The recall broke on a Saturday morning and a partner picked up on the second ring. We had a holding statement live in forty minutes and a plan for the week by Sunday night.

    Head of Corporate Affairs, Northgate Foods

    Marcus rewrote our announcement until it said something a reporter could use. The trade press ran it as news, not as a press release.

    Chief Operating Officer, Castellan Freight

    Through an activist campaign they kept one line to the board and one to the press, and the two never contradicted each other. We went into the vote with our story intact.

    Chair of the Board, Everly & Stone

  • Elena was on our first call and she was still on the call two years later. Nobody handed us off. When our CEO transition leaked early, she had a statement in front of our board in under an hour.

    VP Communications, Arcfield Systems

    They told us which reporters would care about our Series C and which ones wouldn’t. Nine placements in six weeks, and not one of them was a rewritten press release.

    Chief Executive, Lumen Pay

    Priya’s team treated our legal review as part of the plan, not an obstacle to it. That’s the difference between a crisis firm and a PR firm that does crisis.

    General Counsel, Brightwater Health

    The recall broke on a Saturday morning and a partner picked up on the second ring. We had a holding statement live in forty minutes and a plan for the week by Sunday night.

    Head of Corporate Affairs, Northgate Foods

    Marcus rewrote our announcement until it said something a reporter could use. The trade press ran it as news, not as a press release.

    Chief Operating Officer, Castellan Freight

    Through an activist campaign they kept one line to the board and one to the press, and the two never contradicted each other. We went into the vote with our story intact.

    Chair of the Board, Everly & Stone

  • Elena was on our first call and she was still on the call two years later. Nobody handed us off. When our CEO transition leaked early, she had a statement in front of our board in under an hour.

    VP Communications, Arcfield Systems

    They told us which reporters would care about our Series C and which ones wouldn’t. Nine placements in six weeks, and not one of them was a rewritten press release.

    Chief Executive, Lumen Pay

    Priya’s team treated our legal review as part of the plan, not an obstacle to it. That’s the difference between a crisis firm and a PR firm that does crisis.

    General Counsel, Brightwater Health

    The recall broke on a Saturday morning and a partner picked up on the second ring. We had a holding statement live in forty minutes and a plan for the week by Sunday night.

    Head of Corporate Affairs, Northgate Foods

    Marcus rewrote our announcement until it said something a reporter could use. The trade press ran it as news, not as a press release.

    Chief Operating Officer, Castellan Freight

    Through an activist campaign they kept one line to the board and one to the press, and the two never contradicted each other. We went into the vote with our story intact.

    Chair of the Board, Everly & Stone

Engagement models

Three ways to start. All scoped on a call first.

Retainer

Ongoing. Continuous media relations and reputation counsel with a named partner. Month-to-month after the first quarter.

Retainer

Ongoing. Continuous media relations and reputation counsel with a named partner. Month-to-month after the first quarter.

Project

Defined moment. A launch, a funding announcement, an executive transition. Typically six to twelve weeks, with a clear finish line.

Crisis readiness

On call. A plan, a trained spokesperson and a line that’s answered. Or immediate support if something is already happening.

Crisis readiness

On call. A plan, a trained spokesperson and a line that’s answered. Or immediate support if something is already happening.

Retainer

Ongoing. Continuous media relations and reputation counsel with a named partner. Month-to-month after the first quarter.

Project

Defined moment. A launch, a funding announcement, an executive transition. Typically six to twelve weeks, with a clear finish line.

Crisis readiness

On call. A plan, a trained spokesperson and a line that’s answered. Or immediate support if something is already happening.

Compare engagement models →

Insights

Written by the people doing the work.

Read all insights →

A desk clock at seven in the morning beside a phone and a closed notebook

Crisis Response

Why the first hour of a crisis matters more than the first week

Priya Nair

A handwritten pitch outline with a pen, a sticky note and a folded newspaper

Media Relations

What a reporter actually wants from a pitch

Marcus Voss

An empty lectern with a single microphone in a panelled room, rows of empty chairs in front

Reputation Management

Building executive visibility before you need it

Elena Halloran

A desk clock at seven in the morning beside a phone and a closed notebook

Crisis Response

Why the first hour of a crisis matters more than the first week

Priya Nair

A handwritten pitch outline with a pen, a sticky note and a folded newspaper

Media Relations

What a reporter actually wants from a pitch

Marcus Voss

An empty lectern with a single microphone in a panelled room, rows of empty chairs in front

Reputation Management

Building executive visibility before you need it

Elena Halloran

The best time to call us is before you need us.

The best time to call us is before you need us.

Tell us what’s happening. We’ll tell you if we’re the right fit.

Tell us what’s happening.

We’ll tell you if we’re the right fit.

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