Does Five Blocks coordinate with legal teams during a crisis?
Quick answer
Yes - regularly and closely. Crisis engagements almost always involve in-house and outside counsel, and Five Blocks coordinates narrative, timing, and tactics with their legal strategy.
On crisis engagements, legal coordination is the rule rather than the exception. The reputation work and the legal work shape each other constantly, so Five Blocks works alongside in-house counsel and outside firms to keep the narrative and the legal strategy aligned.
How the two workstreams shape each other
- Defamation analysis affects what authoritative counter-content can safely say.
- Regulatory disclosure timelines affect when narrative work can begin.
- Litigation strategy affects which facts can be confirmed on the record.
What coordination looks like in practice
- Align narrative and timing with the legal team’s strategy, working with in-house counsel and outside firms (often the major litigation and corporate firms handling the legal side).
- Share factual research that helps both the reputation and the legal workstreams.
- Support legitimate legal escalation paths where the underlying content is genuinely actionable.
Done with discipline, this coordination produces faster, cleaner outcomes than either workstream produces on its own.
Last reviewed: 19/05/2026
