What Palatine does

Palatine Communications is a London-based communications consultancy founded in 2019 by Conal Walsh, a former partner in a leading City of London financial PR firm, award-winning journalist, and strategy consultant. The firm operates as a boutique professional services practice with seven employees, serving four client segments: investors, litigants, organisations, and private individuals. Service delivery is organised around five practice areas — Capital Markets Communications, Campaign Services, Leadership Counsel, Disputes Support, and Crisis Management — covering IPOs, contested M&A, activism defence, media relations, governance and ESG, litigation support, regulatory investigations, and crisis planning. The firm claims to have supported client transactions worth several billion dollars in aggregate value.

The firm has no disclosed technology platform, software product, or proprietary IP; revenue is generated through retainer and project-based professional services engagements, with pricing negotiated per engagement. Its go-to-market is direct sales via senior practitioners, supported by a content-marketing blog authored by leadership on topics such as AI in law, Big Tech litigation, and privatisation. Palatine is registered as a private limited company in England and Wales (company number 12182906), is founder-controlled with no disclosed external investors, PE/VC backers, or funding rounds, and serves a global client base from its Covent Garden headquarters at 51 St Martin's Lane. There are no patents, certifications, partnerships, alliances, or AI/ML capabilities disclosed.

Name

Palatine

Legal name

Palatine Communications

Website

https://palatine-media.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Palatine Communications is a London-based, seven-person boutique communications consultancy founded in 2019, serving investors, litigants, organisations, and private individuals globally across capital markets, campaigns, leadership counsel, disputes, and crisis management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Communications Consultancy Services: Professional services revenue generated through retainer-based consulting engagements, campaign execution, and advisory work for capital markets, campaigns, leadership counsel, disputes, and crisis management. Services are provided to investors, litigants, organisations, and private individuals.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Palatine Communications is a London-based communications consultancy that provides bespoke advisory and communications support to investors, litigants, organizations, and private individuals. The firm delivers capital markets communications, campaign services, leadership counsel, disputes support, and crisis management, operating from Covent Garden with a small specialist team.

Product overview

Palatine is a communications consultancy offering a unified set of professional services organized around five core practice areas: Capital Markets Communications (covering financial calendar, IPOs, M&A, and activism), Campaign Services (media relations, profile raising, change management), Leadership Counsel (thought leadership, boardroom issues, governance/ESG), Disputes Support (litigation, regulatory investigations, HR), and Crisis Management (emergency communications, planning, media training). Rather than a product platform with distinct modules, Palatine delivers these as integrated consulting engagements tailored to each client's specific reputation, financial, or communications challenges.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Capital Markets Communications Bespoke communications support for investors and corporate stakeholders operating in the capital markets, covering financial communications, investor relations narratives, and transaction-related announcements.
• Campaign Services Strategic communications campaigns designed to influence target audiences, shape perception, and deliver specific stakeholder outcomes on behalf of clients.
• Leadership Counsel Senior-level advisory for executives and leaders navigating reputation, positioning, and high-stakes communications decisions.
• Disputes Support Communications and media strategy support for litigants involved in disputes, including messaging, media handling, and reputational protection through legal proceedings.
• Crisis Management Communications response and management support for organizations and individuals facing reputational, financial, or public-facing crises.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• FTI Consulting (Strategic Communications): Large global advisory firm with a Strategic Communications segment covering financial communications, crisis and public affairs; competes directly with Palatine on mandates but offers broader restructuring and consulting capabilities.
• SEC Newgate: Global strategic communications group offering financial communications, public affairs and research; a broader incumbent with similar financial PR capabilities to Palatine but greater scale and geographic reach.

Direct peers

• Lansons: Independent London communications and reputation management consultancy with practices spanning financial communications, public affairs and crisis, comparable in size and specialisation to Palatine.
• Brunswick Group: Global financial and corporate communications consultancy headquartered in London, with deep practices in M&A, IPOs, activism defense and crisis, directly overlapping Palatine's five service lines.
• Headland Consultancy: London-headquartered public relations and communications consultancy serving corporates, financial sponsors and high-profile individuals on reputation, transactions and crisis, closely mirroring Palatine's offering and target clients.
• Portland Communications: Strategic communications consultancy with offices in London, Brussels and Africa focused on reputation, campaigns and policy advisory; comparable positioning though more public-affairs oriented than Palatine.
• Kekst CNC: International strategic communications consultancy advising on M&A, IPOs, activism and crisis, with strong London and New York presence; directly comparable in service mix and client type.
• Tulchan Communications: London-based corporate communications and financial PR advisor specialising in capital markets, M&A and activist situations, serving a similar investor and corporate client base as Palatine.
• Maitland/AMO: London-based strategic communications and advisory firm operating across capital markets, corporate and public affairs, competing for similar investor and corporate mandates as Palatine.

Emerging players

• Consulum: Specialist communications and public affairs advisory firm working with governments and corporates across the Middle East and globally; overlaps with Palatine on profile-raising and stakeholder engagement for organisations.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/palatine-communications

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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