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Our highly experienced consultants assist with developing strategy, writing submissions, and post-submission support. Or you can leave the process entirely in our capable hands. Legal 500 submissions process should be handled with care, skill, and acute attention to detail. As one of the world’s most prestigious legal directories, a ranking in The Legal 500 is a recognition of your firm’s or Partners’ expertise. Kidd Aitken helps with all elements of your firm’s Legal 500 submissions.
Our teams have years of experience in advising law firms on all aspects of leading legal directory and award providers submissions — including Chambers, Legal 500, and IFLR1000. Our size (over 60 staff and growing) and breadth of expertise enable us to work across large international law firms and cover multiple practices, with a wealth of experience that includes former editors and researchers from all major directories. In fact, our founder Jacob Aitken was the editor of the first three editions of Chambers Latin America and co-founder Daniel Kidd was the founding editor of Chambers Asia Pacific.
What makes us particularly unique is that our team houses deputy editors and researchers of Chambers USA, Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, Legal 500, Legal 500 USA, Legal 500 Europe and Legal 500 Latin America. Founders Jacob and Daniel have been assisting clients with their submissions and improving their rankings for well over a decade.
Daniel Kidd is a Director of Kidd Aitken Legal Marketing with 12 years’ experience in the legal sector. He spent four years at Chambers & Partners in London, and was the Editor of the first three editions of Chambers Asia Pacific, launching the first edition in Singapore in 2008.
Jacob Aitken is a Director of Kidd Aitken Legal Marketing with 16 years’ experience in the legal sector. He was the Editor of the first three editions of Chambers Latin America, launching the first edition in Buenos Aires in 2008.
Matthew is a Managing Consultant. He holds a first-class BA in French Studies, an MA in Translation and is currently studying in his spare time for an MSc in Environment & Sustainability.
Alexandra has twenty years of experience in the legal sector, which includes fifteen years of working in multinational law firms in marketing, legal directory and award submission roles, and five years working as a senior researcher/editor at Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500.
Chloë holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Glasgow and is a licensed attorney in New York State. Chloë has six years of legal experience in both the UK and US markets working for a variety of law firms.
Kate is a Interim Managing Consultant. She holds a first class degree in Politics from the University of Sussex and a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP Waterloo.
Ian is a Senior Consultant. He studied European Law with German at Nottingham Trent and completed the Legal Practice Course at Inns of Court, School of Law (now City Law School). He has 12 years’ experience in the legal sector.
Alex is a Senior Consultant and has four years of legal sector experience, working for the Chambers and Partners Europe team as a senior researcher and writer. In this role he predominantly conducted in-depth research and analysis.
Chris is a Senior Consultant. He has four years of experience in the legal sector, having worked as a Senior Researcher and Assistant Editor on the Chambers and Partners Latin America guide.
James is a Senior Consultant. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Newcastle University. James worked at Chambers and Partners for three years, on the Chambers Insight team. Whilst at Chambers, he wrote market insight reports for leading law firms.
Rob has 22 years of experience in writing and editing related to the legal sector. He worked at Chambers and Partners in its London office, initially as a researcher/writer, and subsequently as deputy editor of ‘Chambers UK’ from 2008 until 2010.
Angelica has vast experience in the business and legal marketing environment and has worked for law firms in London and São Paulo, developing corporate communication, marketing and branding projects.
Matthew Eyre combines a very strong understanding of the law and the legal industry with superb writing, editing and proofreading skills.
Giseli is a Senior Consultant. She has a degree in Education from the University of Rio de Janeiro and a professional diploma in Project Management from the Brighton School of Business and Management.
David is a Senior Consultant and has many years of experience working with the legal sector. He spent several years with Chambers and Partners handling research for several guides, including the UK, US, Europe, and Global guides.
Steven has extensive experience in freelance editorial, copywriting and proofreading and has previously been a Chief Sub-Editor at Legal 500.
Verónica is a qualified lawyer in Mexico, where she graduated from Universidad Iberoamericana.
Johnny has vast experience across the legal sector, and legal directories and is proficient in writing and editing, high quality submissions.
Annie has gained a wealth of experience across real estate and legal administration.
Jemma is a qualified and admitted Solicitor and Barrister in both Australia (NSW) and in New Zealand. She has had extensive experience practicing as a Solicitor in Property Law, Estates and Family Law for Australian law firms over the last six years.
Chloe holds a BA in French and Classical Studies from Royal Holloway University. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Law degree from BPP London.
Richard is a Senior Consultant. He has more than 10 years’ experience in the legal sector, both on the directory and the law firm-side. He spent more than five years working across various Chambers & Partners directories.
Ayesh has extensive operations and communications experience in the technology sector. He has most recently been an English teacher in Spain with a flair for writing.
Catherine spent just under 5 years at Chambers & Partners, most recently as Deputy Editor for the Asia-Pacific region, after graduating in Hispanic Studies from Kings College, London.
Cintia has over 10 years of experience in the legal sector, having worked in the intellectual property area for both law firms and as in-house counsel at multinational companies. She has also worked as a legal translator.
David previously worked in the energy and investment banking sector, accumulating a diverse set of skills in the process and holds an LLM in law governing the disposal of offshore oil installations and has extensive experience working in a number of international jurisdictions.
Eva has worked as a writer and researcher for Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, researching European, Latin American and US legal markets.
Monica has vast experience in the legal sector, having worked in the Intellectual Property space for a business development consulting company.
Mudasser spent 5 years working for The Legal 500, researching and writing for the in-house legal market in jurisdictions around the world.
Natasa is a Consultant at Kidd Aitken. She has completed a Law degree at the University of Warwick and has interned at city law firms in Romania.
Peter worked at Chambers and Partners for two years , writing bespoke market reports for law firms around the world.
Alaina is a law graduate from SOAS, University of London. She has varied experience working with corporate law firms as well as human rights NGOs in Pakistan.
Julia worked as a scientific legal researcher and a legal marketeer before joining Kidd Aitken. She has an LLB from the University of the Itajaí Valley and a post-graduate degree in Human Rights Law.
Owiny is a qualified Kenyan solicitor with experience in Trademark Prosecution and advocacy. Her skills include editing, writing, and proofreading, having worked as a consultant writer in Kenya.
Alyssa is in the process of completing her LLM at Brunel University, having previously secured a Bachelors in Law from Parayanshan University, Indonesia.
Joanne holds a Bachelors degree in Economics and Law (B.A., LL. B) from India and an LL. M in International Business Law from Middlesex University Dubai.
Josephine has worked in marketing and consultation with the Environmental Protection Authority in Australia and has worked alongside legal teams at a local and state level.
Sam has a undergraduate degree in Journalism and a commendation in the Graduate Law Degree from City University of London.
Maheen has previously secured her LLB from SOAS University and is now studying for the Bar at City University, London. She has been a research assistant for Bloomsbury Pakistan and previous to that, was an intern at Sabzwari Law Associates in Islamabad.
Neha is a Legal Directory Specialist. She is currently studying law at the University of the West of England. Neha has experience in a variety of legal pro-bono roles and has assisted lawyers with research, interviewing clients, and drafting letters of advice.
Angela started her career in a variety of finance roles, most recently in Business Development for AXA Wealth Financial Institutions division, working with Financial Advisers of major banks, such as, HSBC, Coutts, and Lloyds.
Kate holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Exeter. She has experience in a variety of sectors including financial services and medical administration. She is also a qualified teacher of English as a foreign language.
Victoria holds a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from the University of Monterrey with a major in International Trade. Her work experience includes working for the General Consulate of Spain in Monterrey for six months.
Nikita is a Coordinator at Kidd Aitken. Nikita has a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Asian Institute of Management and a Business Analytics Certification from Northwestern University Chicago.
Raisah Ali is a Coordinator at Kidd Aitken. She assists leading law firms across the world with all aspects of the legal directory research process. Raisah has a robust background in marketing and considerable experience with FMCG brands such as Pringles, Dove, and Persil throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.
Diana is based in Mexico. She has an MBA and a background in business ownership and organisational psychology.
Paulette holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Birmingham.
Annie has gained a wealth of experience across real estate and legal administration.
Hatty has worked as an editor and writer in a variety of fields, ranging from art history to law and as a Senior Editor at the legal publishing arm of Thomson Reuters, Sweet & Maxwell.
Gerardo has extensive experience in implementing technologies and overseeing operations in a variety of industries including IT, manufacturing and logistics.
Emma leads our HR, Finance and Business Governance functions. She has extensive experience of leading people and organisational change. Prior to joining Kidd Aitken, Emma did a variety of leadership roles at Zurich Insurance.
Caroline is Kidd Aitken’s Office Manager. She has over 25 years’ experience within the Property Management and Operational Management sector.
Kiefah is an IT specialist.
