Risk and Crisis Management Services

MFA Legal and EY team up together

Competing demands can make it difficult for organisations to identify threats and prepare for crises

MFA Legal and EY team up together

MFA Legal and EY Crisis Management & Incident Response Services collaborate to support business leaders in building an efficient Crisis Management Strategy. The aligned offer of legal and tax services, in one hand, and EY’s Crisis Management tools and services may help your organisation, generating long-term value and a competitive edge for enterprises.

 

An integrated approach
An integrated approach
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An innovative offer
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Competitive advantages for companies and organisations
2 teams, 1 solution
An integrated approach

MFA Legal and EY support leaders and enterprises in identifying and monitoring potential threats, developing and testing crisis plans and teams, and responding with speed and integrity when an incident occurs.

Business Continuity Management (BCM) and Crisis Management (CM) are complementary and inter-related disciplines, addressed under the umbrella of Enterprise Risk management (ERM).

Business Continuity Management

The objective is to keep the business operational before, during and after a disruptive incident.

Crisis Management

Focused on the management and resolution of emergencies and crises that affect the business.

Crisis and Risk Management
An Innovative Offer

MFA Legal and EY teams combine efforts to offer an integrated approach in Crisis Management services, combining the unique experience of Legal, Tax, Consulting, Technology and other business units, strengthening the strategy and capability of enterprises and organisations to respond to disruptive and crisis events.

The collaboration between MFA Legal and EY allows an integrated suite of technical advisory and legal services for Crisis Management. The combined approach optimises resource allocation, enhances the efficiency of risk management strategy development, and strengthens organisational capabilities to respond effectively to disruptive and crisis events.

By combining their expertise, MFA Legal and EY provide multidisciplinary teams with proven track records across all relevant areas, ensuring a powerful and comprehensive solution for clients seeking to bolster their crisis preparedness and response.

What MFA/EY teams offer
Competitive advantages for companies and organisations

MFA and EY Teams provide trusted support required to steer organisations through crises by assisting in the following areas:

  • Assess business landscape
  • Develop and enforce Compliance Programs, Data Protection and Cybersecurity internal policies
  • Implement other risk and governance mitigation measures
  • Integrate crisis planning into company policies
  • Training
  • Contractual readiness

  • Develop crisis handbooks
  • Create multidisciplinary team
  • Monitoring of risk policies and legal framework
  • Crisis simulations
  • Revising contracts, insurance policies and legal framework
  • Transfer pricing and assessment of tax policies
  • Legal and tax Due Diligence
  • Risk assessment
  • Periodical audits

  • Assist on crisis management and coordinate internal and external resources
  • Interaction with authorities
  • Collection of relevant information
  • Implement risk management strategy with Board
  • Evaluation of impacts (legal, contractual, business model, assets, etc.)
  • Crisis management
  • Follow up and monitoring of response teams
  • Legal proceedings

  • Assessment of response to crisis
  • Update of plans, handbooks and simulations
  • Continuous support in updating policies and relevant legal changes
  • Assist in financial, commercial, reputation recovery
  • Coordination of legal, communication and public affairs for legal input and response
  • Legal guidance on communication strategy
  • Recovery priorities of systems and business
  • Revising contracts
  • Revising tax policies
João Medeiros
Pedro Subtil

Strong collaboration and trust between MFA Legal and EY teams are the formula for building this Alliance, which will allow to create an innovative offer of combined services and transformative tools for our Clients. This is a pioneering collaboration and approach within the Portuguese legal market.

João Medeiros
Senior Partner MFA Legal | Head of White Collar and Compliance Practice

EY and MFA Legal are teaming together to offer comprehensive solutions in Crisis Management. Through this collaboration, we are uniquely positioned to provide our clients with aligned, multidisciplinary solutions that address both the legal and operational dimensions of crisis management. The complementary strengths of both teams create synergies that enhance our ability to respond swiftly and effectively to complex challenges. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in providing unmatched solutions in the areas of risk management and crisis response to our clients”

Pedro Subtil
Partner EY | Consulting leader for Portugal, Angola and Mozambique
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