Jess Alden
Jess is an Associate at Slateford, specialising in helping disruptive clients from around the world strengthen their response to serious issues that impact their reputation.
Her work has included acting for the largest companies in the world in some of their most difficult and controversial matters, through to supporting victims of crime in protecting their interests against the actions of wrongdoers. This year her work has seen her recognised in a litany of awards, including Young Achiever in the Asian Woman of Achievement Awards and Associate of the Year in the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards.
She takes a particular interest in how the law needs to develop to match societal trends around environmental, social and governance issues, and how responses to serious issues need to adapt to changing expectations.
Her corporate work draws on experience of working on City research desks and understanding the drivers of serious issues and how stakeholder views are impacted.
She writes for CityAM on reputation issues and has frequently spoken in broadcast media interviews, and is featured in an upcoming documentary, about the impact of intimate image abuse. She is well-known for her work representing professional footballer Leigh Nicol in fighting those who misuse images.
Jess leads our work around intimate image abuse and supporting victims of crime, which provides reputation law tools to those who would not normally have access to elite legal representation. She frequently advises corporates and individuals on the impact of crime and reputation, ensuring that the illicit acts of third parties do not detrimentally affect their reputation.
Jess has worked across a variety of matters providing her expertise to help achieve the best results for clients.
Recent work includes:
- Advising and litigating for a multinational food retailer which was the subject of a complex blackmail plot, utilizing interim non disclosure injunctions and s11 Contempt of Court Orders in criminal proceedings
- Advising a major cryptocurrency exchange platform and its CEO on defamatory allegations and the publication of confidential information from international broadsheet press
- Advising a FTSE100 company on a blackmail threat made to its CEO’s family
- Advising a number of England international and premier league footballers on privacy risks and engaging in pre-publication correspondence
- Carrying out an internal investigation into the broadcast of a TV show produced that was contrary to the OFCOM code and leading subsequent pre-action correspondence.
- Advising the board and key individuals of various FTSE 100 companies on privacy and security risks that could impact their reputation.
- Advising various corporate clients on how to combat an online impersonation campaign affecting their reputation
- Advising corporate clients on the reputational consequences following an employee conduct issue, including an international banking organization and an international PR group
- Using the Norwich Pharmacal jurisdiction to reveal an astroturfing campaign by a competitor, using the same jurisdiction to uncover the identity of an impersonation scheme intended to obtain confidential information concerning a client
- Work on pre-publication correspondence matters relating to BBC Panorama, providing a successful result for both, ensuring that the narrative was fair and accurate
- Advising a middle eastern royal family member on the reputational issues surrounding a potentially high profile divorce