Steve Double

Strategic Partner

Steve helps Alder’s clients manage complex reputational issues across a range of sectors.

A former Fleet Street journalist, he has held senior communications positions at British Airways, Cable & Wireless and The Football Association. Steve has provided strategic counsel and communications address to HNWIs, multi-national companies, NGOs, celebrities, major law firms, the emergency services, NHS trusts and senior medical professionals.

As well as guiding Alder clients through media minefields from Newsnight reports to major Sunday Times investigations, Steve has also delivered successful outcomes on topics from terrorism, COVID-19, industrial accidents, product recalls, employment issues, business disputes and litigation, plus healthcare issues in both the private and public sector.

Experience includes:

advising numerous NHS trusts and care providers on issues relating to CQC inspections, deaths of patients and employment issues.

advising high-net-worth-individuals on dispute resolution, including the multi-million-pound settlement of one of the UK’s most high-profile divorce cases.

advising a leading UK surgeon regarding handling of malpractice allegations, thwarting a BBC investigation in the process.

guiding both an ambulance trust and fire and rescue service through whistleblower allegations and the media scrutiny that followed.

advising a core participant of the Grenfell Fire Inquiry throughout the process.

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