Spear’s Review

Clive Coleman is a senior partner at Maltin PR, where he advises clients on communications strategies around litigation.

Coleman was previously a barrister who then became the BBC’s legal correspondent and was presenter of Law in Action on Radio 4, covering major stories from a legal perspective and gaining a huge network of important contacts in the judiciary, business and politics spheres. His clients are now major corporates and high-profile, high-net-worth individuals who need his skills in presenting complex, long-running litigation in a way that journalists can understand and pitch to the right editors.

‘People can think that PR is all about spinning: it isn't,’ Coleman tells Spear’s. ‘In a news landscape, particularly with social media where messages can get very tangled and can be put across in a way that is simply unfair and inaccurate, you’re there to make sure that [clients] are put across fairly and with accuracy.’