Spear's Review

Jess Alden, a partner at specialist reputational law firm Slateford, tells Spear's that the majority of her private clients are billionaires.

'All my clients disrupt markets, make waves and attract criticism for unsettling the status quo,' she explains.

Alden operations across multiple jurisdictions, and her work often involves responding to serious issues that impact her clients' reputation and freedom to operate. She avoids expensive, exposing litigation, instead taking strategic measures to help her clients navigate different countries' media landscapes.

'We provide bespoke strategic analysis,' Alden says. 'We look at the source of an issue, not just where the loudest noise is coming from.'

Adviser Profile  

Jess is a partner at Slateford. She advises high-profile individuals, executives and global businesses on complex matters at the intersection of reputation, privacy, risk and crisis.

Jess's clients seek her advice in the most high-stakes situations that will affect their businesses, careers and freedom to operate. In a world of disinformation, she unpicks the origination of adverse media and finds unique solutions to resolve issues. Her approach often requires dealing with the media but also figuring out the issues at source and finding resolutions that are effective.

Her clients credit her with getting to grips with the detail of a matter and utilising the best information at hand to get the best result available. Jess has a particular focus on working with those with interests around the world who experience disproportionate and unreasonable reactions from Western media and financial institutions, often in response to misinformation and smear campaigns, or geopolitical prejudices based on their nationality. As a result, she frequently works across Asia and the Middle East. Working with experts in the right jurisdictions, her work encompasses identifying the source of issues to obtain better information and, ultimately, better results for clients.

Jess has been nominated for a litany of awards across the legal and ultra-high-net-worth advisory world, and has participated in roundtables at Downing Street to discuss multiculturalism in the UK. She also is an advisory member of the Asian Communications Network, acknowledging the clear crossover in reputation law and good communication.