Bell Yard Kysen Communications

Formed by the recent merger of Bell Yard Communications and Kysen PR, Bell Yard Kysen Communications offers wide-ranging PR support as well as issues management and campaigning services. It has developed a reputation for providing results-driven legal PR to senior lawyers and law firms, working primarily on behalf of high-net-worth individuals, mid-sized commercial disputes, and barristers and chambers on contentious issues in the UK. Co-founder and managing director Melanie Riley advises a host of businesses, legal teams and high-profile individuals on sensitive disputes and crises across multiple jurisdictions, while also leading strategic campaigns on complex legal and public interest issues. She works alongside Kysen founder Clare Rodway, who is now a board adviser focusing on client relationships and BD. A key contact for renowned litigation firms, director Louise Beeson works across a broad mix of contentious matters, from City employment and FCA enforcement cases to brand-led IP disputes and high-profile private litigation. Director Sarah Peters has considerable experience in senior in-house communications at a leading international law firm, focusing on media relations, issues management and crisis work, following earlier experience at a global consultancy advising on reputation and thought leadership, and at a specialist professional services agency where she began her career.