Taking entries and interviews for the legal directories is a serious commitment by law firms and chambers. For many, the cost of supplementing an editorial mention with a firm or individual directory listing is dwarfed by the internal resource they have dedicated – perhaps a third of a marketing or...
There are certainties in life. One being that at any time around the world, law firms are sweating their way towards another set of legal directory submission deadlines or reporting results that either spread joy or soul-ripping disappointment across their firms. Chambers and Partners released the latest UK Solicitor and UK...
After all the hard work, your latest legal directory rankings are out. What do you do next? Our expert directories team has put together some quick tips to make the most of your results:
In the second part of our interview with John van der Luit-Drummond, UK Bar and Asia Pacific editor at The Legal 500, John shares his top-five tips on how to improve your rankings, discusses mental wellbeing and diversity in the legal profession, and reveals his best and worst day in...
To coincide with the launch of our Asia Pacific desk, in part one of our latest Thought Leader interview, we spoke to John van der Luit-Drummond, UK Bar and Asia Pacific editor at The Legal 500, about his role, the crucial role the directories play in...
Legal directory submissions have been a regular business development fixture across global legal markets for years – starting with the UK market more than 25 years ago. Participants have undoubtedly become savvier about what it takes to produce compelling submissions. Yet, every year we hear about the significant time and cost...
Hot on the heels of The Legal 500 UK results, the Chambers UK 2018 rankings were launched online today. While many firms will celebrate good news stories through Twitter and joyous press releases, there will be firms less keen to herald their results. In our latest white paper ‘Legal directories: are...
With Legal 500 and Chambers UK rankings released this week, it may not only be Halloween night that provides screams of horror up and down the country. Hopefully you achieve the rankings you want but if you don’t, you’re not alone. In fact, the findings in our recent white paper, 'Legal...
People buy people was one of the main areas of discussion on the IBA panel yesterday and also a key conclusion of our second white paper looking at the role and utility of the legal directories. Lest you think that’s unsurprising, consider the sheer amount that general counsel must consider in...
We are just a year on from the last MD Communications white paper on the directories. In year one we had found people keen – hungry, even – to let us know what they thought and then to scrutinise and talk about the experience of others in the legal sector...
