JSVHQThe first 48 hours are about evidence, injunctions, and narrative. That piece is live. This one is about the failure mode that makes those hours useless: everyone is “on it,” and nobody holds the whole picture.
Lawyer in one city. Banker in another. PR who will not speak until counsel clears a sentence that counsel has not seen. Each referral adds a day. The window does not wait.
What collapses
- Introductions that feel like progress
- NDAs that arrive after the transfer
- Parallel advice that contradicts on jurisdiction
- A principal improvising because no one will say what is known vs privileged
What one operating view means
Principal-led coordination: the person on the call is the person stitching counsel, banks, and communications — not a partner who staffs it Monday. Mutual NDA first. Then triage. See also First 48 hours.
What this is not
Not a case study. Not Leverwork. Not a PDF playbook you read after the freeze.
Who
Family offices, funds, founders when the problem will not fit one advisor’s scope. EU / US / GCC. Start under NDA.