Clear thinking
for complex matters

Strathem advises boards and leadership teams on sensitive, high-stakes or fast-moving issues.

We help clients establish what is happening, understand what matters and decide what to do or say next.

We are small, senior and discreet.

We advise on communications strategy, positioning, narrative, messaging, stakeholder engagement and campaigns.
We help organisations clarify their position, explain difficult issues clearly and communicate with credibility.
We help clients spot issues early, prepare for scrutiny and respond clearly under pressure.
Working alongside legal teams, we advise on communications strategy for issue management, crises, disputes and litigation.
We help leaders look ahead, identify emerging opportunities and risks, set a clear course and bring people with them.
We help turn strategy into action, align teams and communicate direction clearly.

Advisory services

We advise on communications during cyber incidents and data breaches, including how to respond while facts are still emerging and legal and technical investigations are under way.
We work alongside specialist cyber and data lawyers to help clients manage media, stakeholder and reputational issues as the incident develops.
We advise on strategy and communications relating to climate, carbon, nature, biodiversity and ESG.
Our work includes carbon markets, natural capital, biodiversity net gain and nature-based solutions, as well as ESG strategy, integrity standards, disclosure frameworks and environmental claims. We have worked from both buyer and landowner perspectives.
We advise institutions and families on historical research that may have legal, financial or reputational implications today.
Our work includes transatlantic slavery, colonial history and related questions about modern slavery and present-day conduct. We help clients understand what the evidence shows, what conclusions can reasonably be drawn and what the findings may mean for them, working where needed with historians, lawyers and ethicists.

Specialist areas

Clients

Abbott

Amadeus

Buro Happold

Boehringer Ingelheim

CSL Behring

Deutsche Bahn

GE

GKN

Gorkana

GSK

Konecranes

Kuehne + Nagel

Lufthansa

Lundbeck

Morrisons

Ørsted

Premier League

QinetiQ

RELX

Sanofi

Schillings

Shire

Sigma Aerospace

Smiths Medical

SSE

Sweco

Sysmex

Texas Woman's University

Tokio Marine

UK Sport

UK Sports Institute

University College London

Viaro Energy

World Trade Organization