Come out of the crisis with claims, lessons and a stronger structure.
A scheduled roadmap for compensation, recourse, and reputation repair after the acute crisis has closed; embedding the lessons into the compliance programme.
The acute phase is over; what now?
When a crisis closes, two things remain in hand: a damage table and a list of lessons. The recovery plan turns both into value — damage into compensation, lessons into lasting order. If this phase is skipped, the same crisis recurs within a few years in a more expensive form.
From the damage table to collection
Loss items (operational loss, contractual penalties, advisory costs) are documented; recourse against faulty suppliers and service providers, insurance collection, and, if necessary, litigation and arbitration processes are initiated. The counterparty's ability to pay is verified in advance through asset investigation.
Reputation repair and stakeholder trust
The cleanup of search results, closing notices to customers and business partners, and, if necessary, third-party verifications (audit report, certificate) are planned. Reputation repair gains strength from documenting that the incident has been legally closed.
Institutionalising the lessons
Root cause analysis embeds contract gaps, process weaknesses and ambiguities in authority into the compliance programme and the crisis protocol. The closing report is submitted to the board of directors — in the next crisis, the first 48 hours run faster.
How we work
Damage inventory
within the first 30 days, loss items are converted into a table matched to contract and policy coverage; the evidence for each item is filed.
Recovery roadmap
insurance, recourse and litigation options are ranked by cost, duration and prospect of collection; the decision goes to the board.
Corrective actions
contract revisions, process changes and authority fixes are put on a schedule, each with an owner.
Monitoring
initiated proceedings are tracked in quarterly reports; limitation and forfeiture periods sit in a single calendar.
The legal toolbox
The collection leg relies on familiar instruments: claims in contract and tort under the Code of Obligations (No 6098), with active management of short limitation periods; enforcement proceedings under the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law (No 2004) against non-paying debtors; and jurisdiction and enforceability analysis for foreign counterparties. In heavy-damage scenarios, restructuring and concordat (Arts 285 et seq. of the same law) are assessed as part of the exit plan; depending on the type of crisis, criminal complaints and insurance arbitration are added. The first task is often the simplest: a one-page calendar showing which claim becomes time-barred on which date — that calendar is the spine of the plan. The whole sequence runs under the closing discipline of our crisis management focus.
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Fresh perspectives and guides from the Knowledge Centre.
It varies by head of claim: contractual claims, insurance notifications and tort limitation periods each run differently. A deadline map should be drawn up as soon as the crisis is closed.
Most often: late notification, breach of policy conditions and missing documents. The record-keeping discipline maintained during the incident is the foundation of collection — which is why the recovery plan is built in connection with the acute phase.
For documenting the discharge of management responsibility, drawing lessons, and supporting a “precautions had been taken” defence in a similar future incident. It is also a reference document in audit and insurance processes.
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