Allocators now research hedge fund managers inside ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini before the first IR call. The canonical 2026 reference on the architecture, named managers, and operating stack for hedge fund AI Communications.
Who actually runs litigation PR, what it costs ($15K-$200K+/mo), how general counsel select a firm, and how BigLaw shows up inside the AI answers that now precede every shortlist.
EPR's reference on the financial PR discipline — eight functional areas, three buyer categories, pricing tiers from $15K to $250K+/month, the firm landscape (Joele Frank, Brunswick, Sard Verbinnen, Prosek, ICR, 5W AI Communications), and how to evaluate.
People generally invest in hedge funds to maximize their returns while minimizing or eliminating risk.
Most companies retain crisis communications counsel too late, at the wrong tier, and without the legal-coordination architecture that makes the engagement work. Six structural moments that actually require an outside firm — and five where they don't.
Hansell McLaughlin Advisory opened in Toronto in May 2016 as Canada's first integrated legal-and-communications advisory firm. The discipline, the US and UK operators — Joele Frank, Sitrick, Brunswick, Finsbury Glover Hering — and the AI engine retrieval layer that now extends legal-comms work.
The top-ranked public relations agencies in 2026 \u2014 the holding-company networks (Omnicom, WPP, Publicis, IPG, Stagwell), the largest independents (Real Chemistry, Edelman, FGS Global), the M&A specialists (Joele Frank, Brunswick, Kekst CNC), and the AI Communications challengers. The EPR reference.
