Amber Melville-Brown > Withers LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Withers LLP Offices

20 Old Bailey
LONDON
EC4M 7AN
England
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Amber Melville-Brown

Work Department
Media, reputation and privacy team.
Position
Amber leads the global media and reputation team. She is uniquely placed to serve our worldwide client base as a dual qualified media and reputation lawyer, admitted in both the courts of England and Wales, and New York. This enhances her already strong offering giving her a unique perspective on transatlantic media and reputation related issues.
Amber guides and protects her clients through all issues of reputation, privacy, crisis management, media advice, data protection, harassment and blackmail, through pre- and post- publication situations, in negotiation and litigation.
Moreover, Amber’s expertise extends well beyond black letter law into all areas of communication, as she uses her legal expertise, experience, contacts and emotional intelligence to provide a holistic approach for her clients, whether dealing with the traditional or social media, with internal corporate or family issues, with the public at large or any third parties.
Amber has been a prolific and respected author and commentator on media legal matters throughout her career. Recognised as ‘absolutely outstanding’, Amber is highly regarded and revered for her empathy, availability and judgment.
Memberships
The Law Society; New York Bar; and New York State Bar Association.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
Withers LLP‘s media and reputation practice regularly works with international corporates, charities, and HNWIs, particularly in the art, entertainment, and sports sectors. Highlighted for its ‘excellent legal knowledge’, the ‘strongly practical’ and ‘professional’ team specialises in defamation, breach of confidence, and data protection cases. Co-led by Jo Sanders in London and Amber Melville-Brown in New York, the team offers robust expertise in privacy, blackmail, and harassment matters, often collaborating with the firm’s white-collar crime specialists. Caroline Thompson regularly engages with the media on behalf of her clients at the pre and post-publication stage.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)