Senior counsel, at the moment it matters most.
Alphen is a strategic communications and reputation advisory practice, based in the Middle East and working at the intersection of government, capital and technology.
Government sets the conditions. Capital allocates the opportunity. Technology redefines what is possible. This is where transactions, transformations, crises and growth are now shaped, and the organisations that succeed communicate across all three with clarity and authority.
Alphen draws on more than twenty years of advising sovereign institutions, global businesses and technology-led companies across the region and beyond.
What We Do
Strategic Advisory
Counsel for the moments that define how an organisation is seen: transactions, restructuring, leadership transitions and reputational challenges.
Reputation & Positioning
Building the standing of organisations and their leaders with the audiences that matter, from media and policymakers to industry peers and the AI platforms where first impressions increasingly form.
Growth & Market Entry
Supporting founders, investors and leadership teams through fundraises, new markets and competitive shifts, including organisations moving into and out of the region.
Investor Advisory
Reputation intelligence and communications due diligence for investors and acquirers, and counsel to portfolio companies once the deal is done.
Communications Leadership
Independent counsel for heads of communications and corporate affairs on strategy, the shape of the function and how its value is measured.
Regional depth
More than twenty years in the Middle East, with close links to Africa, Asia and Europe. We understand how decisions are made in the region and how it is seen from outside.
Evidence-based
Senior-led
Every engagement is led at partner level, with specialists brought in as the mandate requires. Direct accountability and independent advice.
Ongoing advice alongside leadership and communications teams.
Scoped engagements for a specific moment, such as a transaction, a transition, a crisis or a market entry.
Both typically begin with a diagnostic: how the organisation is seen, where it is exposed and where to act first.
All engagements are confidential, and client names are never published.
Senior counsel,
at the moment it matters most.
ALPHENADVISORY.COM
Alisdair Haythornthwaite
+971 55 200 0163
United Arab Emirates