We are a boutique law firm devoted solely to the management of reputational risk.
We are recognised for securing outstanding results for our clients in high stakes matters. Prior to establishing the firm (previously known as Company Giles), Rebekah Giles was in partnership at a global disputes law firm with her mentor and collaborator over many decades, Patrick George. A leader of the profession, George is widely regarded as a pre-eminent lawyer for high profile and sensitive disputes and acts as a trusted advisor to some of Australia’s most high-profile individuals.
George then reunited with Giles to form a formidable legal team together with experienced media lawyer Jeremy Marel as Special Counsel.
Their collective and extensive experience gives them exceptional insight into how a reputational threat is likely to unfold. They are uniquely placed to provide urgent advice and representation - free from the conflicts that restrain their competitors.
Giles George boasts a team of outstanding associates and wider support team to ensure that cases are handled effectively, sensitively and cost efficiently.
Rebekah Giles is internationally recognised for her expertise in reputational risk. She is praised for her skilled and considered handling of sensitive and complex legal matters.
Rebekah Giles
In September 2017 she was honoured with an Award for Excellence from the Faculty of Law by her alma mater at the University of Technology, Sydney. In the same year she was appointed to be the Ambassador of the Fertility and Research Centre, a multi-disciplinary centre for clinical excellence and research in fertility, based within the Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick.
In 2018 Giles was honoured to be named in the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence for the category of Boards and Management.
Giles is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has extensive corporate governance experience holding a range of non-executive directorships in government, sport and private enterprise.
With over 20 years of top tier experience in Australia and the United Kingdom, Giles has developed a diverse legal practice advising and representing a broad range of clients from directors, executives, politicians, professionals, sporting clubs and associations, high net worth individuals and celebrities. She is known for her tenacious representation of clients in politically significant matters as well as for women and minority groups who are unfairly maligned in the mainstream media or on social media platforms.
Her practice is principally commercial but also acts in sensitive criminal matters. Giles has a special interest in defamation, privacy, bribery and corruption, fraud and evasion/white collar crime and sports related cases.
He is a trusted advisor to many high-profile clients, including two former Prime Ministers, often involving sensitive and high value matters of significant media interest.
George has represented the Australian Olympic Committee in relation to every Olympic Games since Beijing in 2008 and conducted a range of important inquiries and reviews on its behalf.
He has vast experience in dealing with urgent actions to restrain breaches of confidentiality or misuse of private information, having successfully acted for a range of prominent international clients over the years.
Additionally, George has represented individuals and companies in investigations and inquiries conducted by ASIC, APRA, ICAC, and the Ombudsman at state and federal levels.
Widely acclaimed as a leader of the legal profession, Patrick George is an expert in defamation, reputational risk and complex commercial disputes.
Patrick George
He has substantial experience in international arbitration and was an inaugural Board Member of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA), and maintains a special interest in complex commercial cases involving novel points of law.
A recognised thought leader in media and defamation law, George regularly authors opinion pieces and has made many submissions to government on important law reform proposals. Notably, he is the author of the text ‘Defamation Law in Australia’ (4th Edition) LexisNexis Butterworths (2022) and the editor as well as contributing author of ‘Social Media and the Law’ (4th Edition) LexisNexis Butterworths (2022).
Specialising primarily, in defamation and the management of reputational risk, Marel is passionate about seeking to preserve the balance which the law of defamation seeks to strike between the right to freedom of expression and the right to reputation, so that the public’s right to the former does not unfairly infringe upon the individual’s right to the latter.
He assists clients prior to and after publication – prior to publication, by providing advice to publishers to minimise defamation and other legal risk, or, on the other hand, assisting those who will be the subject of publications either to respond to journalist’s questions or to seek injunctive relief; after publication, by seeking to restore the defamed person’s reputation in court or through a negotiated resolution which vindicates their position.
His practice also covers complex commercial disputes and employment and insurance matters.
