Expertise
Delivering practical, outcome-focused guidance
Across corporate, crisis, government, capital markets and advisory.
Shanahan Partners provides senior-led strategic counsel across corporate communications, crisis management, government relations, capital markets and advisory, helping organisations navigate complexity, manage risk and achieve their objectives.
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Corporate Affairs
Deep experience. Practical insight. Trusted advice.
Real-world corporate affairs guidance for offshore investors and New Zealand’s leading companies — listed, private equity-backed and high-growth challengers. We work directly with ministers, regulators, industry bodies and community leaders.
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Government & Regulatory Affairs
Navigating policy, politics and commerce.
Hands-on experience inside the Beehive, regulatory agencies and regulated sectors. We anticipate regulatory and political risk and deliver actionable, commercially grounded policy solutions.
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Capital Markets / Financial PR
Building understanding, trust & confidence.
One of New Zealand’s preeminent capital markets communications advisory firms. Deep understanding of how public and private markets function, the regulatory environment and sound commercial judgment — a trusted partner across the full assignment lifecycle.
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Crisis & Risk Management
Prepared. Decisive. In control when it matters most.
From infrastructure failures and environmental disasters to privacy breaches and leadership transitions, we help organisations prepare for and manage crises and high-risk events. Unlike some firms, we advise from inside.
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Advisory
Counsel that shapes change.
Strategic communications is often where our relationships begin — but rarely where they end. Retained counsel that deepens with time, advising on the business decisions and strategic challenges that sit behind the brief.
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About Us
Board-level challenges demand board-level counsel.
Shanahan Partners is a senior partner-led communications and stakeholder management advisory firm, working alongside boards, executive communications leaders and expert project teams on multi-faceted, consequential challenges and opportunities.
The Team
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