Spear’s Review

Josh Leigh is a partner and head of the digital resilience practice at Schillings, bringing a wealth of insight and experience in reputation management from his time at firms including Digitalis, Edelman and Hawthorn Advisors. 

An expert in SEO and digital communications, Leigh tells Spear’s he operates ‘in the nexus between search engines and algorithms and creating authentic online experiences as best we possibly can’. He advises individuals and their companies in how best to manage and curate their online reputations and to lower the portcullis against digital threats. ‘We tend to put the truth in front of a good story’, Leigh says.

Leveraging Schillings’ wider legal and intelligence network, Leigh’s team is able to produce a thorough response to a crisis or reputational issue and to do a ‘full reputational health check’, he says. 

Adviser Profile

Having established Schillings’ digital resilience practice in 2023, Josh has developed an industry-leading in-house team dedicated to the building, management and ongoing protection of clients’ online profiles and reputations across the globe, harnessing the very latest techniques. Spearheading both proactive and reactive strategies to improve, refine, empower and strengthen online reputations (whether in search engines, social media or generative AI), Josh is an expert in multi-territory digital resilience strategies – melding technical expertise, narrative-building and nuanced communications skills to each digital profile challenge.