
Edelman
United Kingdom
Team
Henry Cunnington
Work Department
Associate Director, UK Legal Affairs Lead
Position
Henry is an Associate Director in Edelman’s Crisis & Risk team in London, and leads the UK Legal Affairs practice. He joined Edelman after spending over 6 years as a litigation lawyer at two leading international law firms where he specialised in international commercial disputes and crisis management, particularly across the energy, shipping, and insurance sectors.
Henry draws on this broad experience to provide crisis and strategic communications support to B2B and B2C companies, including Euroclear, DP World, Hargreaves Lansdown, Nissan, Shell and Starbucks. This cover a variety of highly sensitive legal matters, including litigations (including High Court and CAT / class-action), regulatory investigations, employment disputes, and cyber incidents.. He also regularly assists clients with crisis preparedness, including through scenario planning, preparing crisis manuals, and leading crisis simulation exercise for senior executives.
Henry remains on the roll of solicitors in England & Wales.