Practice Areas

Our Capabilities

Morris de Corve & Associates provides integrated advice across public affairs, reputation, strategic communications, international engagement and research.

Our work is structured around the client's strategic objective rather than divided into isolated publicity or lobbying activities.

Public Affairs and Political Advisory

We help clients understand political and institutional environments, identify relevant stakeholders and develop credible engagement strategies.

Representative work may include

Political and institutional analysis

Stakeholder mapping and prioritisation

Policy positioning

Briefing papers and meeting preparation

Engagement strategy

Consultation and parliamentary monitoring

Support for international organisations entering the UK political environment

Geopolitical Advisory

Expert geopolitical counsel for governments, businesses, investors and institutions navigating political change, cross-border risk and complex international environments. We provide country and regional analysis, political risk assessment, scenario planning and strategic advice to support consequential decisions.

Representative work may include

Political and geopolitical risk

Country and regional analysis

Scenario planning

Policy and regulatory developments

Political stability and change

Confidential leadership briefings

Strategic Communications

We develop clear, defensible narratives and communications strategies aligned with the client's wider objectives.

Representative work may include

Corporate and political positioning

Message architecture

Media strategy

Briefing materials

Speeches and written statements

Communications planning

Internal approval procedures

Executive and Corporate Reputation

We advise leaders and organisations whose reputation affects commercial, political or institutional confidence.

Representative work may include

Executive positioning

Reputation assessment

Leadership narratives

Corporate fact sheets and background materials

Media and stakeholder preparation

Profile strategy

Reputational risk assessment

Senior counsel on visibility and scrutiny

Crisis and Issues Management

We support clients facing politically, commercially or reputationally sensitive developments.

Representative work may include

Rapid factual assessment

Issue and risk mapping

Holding statements

Response protocols

Stakeholder and media strategy

Scenario planning

Coordination with legal and compliance advisers

Senior counsel during material developments

International Relations and Stakeholder Engagement

We design international engagement programmes that reflect the political, institutional and cultural context of each jurisdiction.

Representative work may include

International stakeholder mapping

Government and institutional engagement strategy

Diplomatic and policy briefings

Cross-border narrative development

Think-tank and specialist-community engagement

Preparation for overseas delegations and meetings

International media positioning

Research, Intelligence and Due Diligence

We provide focused research and analysis to support strategic, commercial and reputational decisions.

Representative work may include

Counterparty research

Corporate and project due diligence

Political and media analysis

Narrative and misinformation assessment

Stakeholder intelligence

Public-record research

Risk memoranda

Decision-support reports

Integrated Mandates

Many assignments require several capabilities to operate together. A public affairs mandate may also require reputation analysis, media preparation, stakeholder research and international positioning.

We therefore design each engagement around the client's objective, risks, timetable and decision-making requirements.

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