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....
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,...
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...
Perhaps you have an out-of-date copy of Chambers and Partners or The Legal 500 under your computer monitor, putting it at just the right ergonomic height. An ex-researcher for one of the directories tells me whenever a lawyer was interviewed...
Survey now live: Let us know your views on the legal directories Next week we launch the research phase of our second white paper exploring how legal directories are adapting to and keeping pace with change and innovation in the...
With the long summer days, it’s easy to forget that the directory submission process will be upon the UK again soon enough. We speak to many frustrated BD and marketing teams who, year on year, try to start the process earlier...
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf. While this may reflect the thoughts of many a BD team, we are in bumper deadline season for legal directory submissions across the globe...
Most UK firms will now have their Chambers and Legal 500 submissions over the line. The temptation may be to move quickly to a fresh project because let's face it, directory submissions are hard work and those involved probably don’t want...
We are increasingly receiving requests from clients who want to submit for the IFLR1000 (International Financial Law Review) as competition for recognition continues to increase in the industry. For UK firms in particular who will be collectively breathing a sigh of...
There will be huge sighs of relief heard across law firm marketing departments today as the latest UK deadline for Chambers submissions passes. What a way to celebrate Valentine’s Day – who says romance is dead?! Without wishing to ruin the...
