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 and has worked in the legal sector since 2005. 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.
View ProfileJacob has worked in the legal sector since 2005. He was Editor of the first three editions of Chambers Latin America, launching the first edition in Buenos Aires in 2008.
View ProfileMatthew 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.
View ProfileAlexandra 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.
View ProfileKate is a Managing Consultant and works with clients around the world. She holds a first class degree in Politics from the University of Sussex and a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP Waterloo.
View ProfileGiseli 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.
View ProfileIan 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.
View ProfileAlex is a Senior Consultant and has worked in the legal sector since 2017, initially working for the Chambers & Partners Europe team as a senior researcher and writer. In this role he predominantly conducted in-depth research and analysis.
View ProfileChris 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.
View ProfileJames 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.
View ProfileRob 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.
View ProfileAngelica 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.
View ProfileMatthew Eyre combines a very strong understanding of the law and the legal industry with superb writing, editing and proofreading skills.
View ProfileDavid 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.
View ProfileEva has worked as a writer and researcher for Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, researching European, Latin American and US legal markets.
View ProfileSteven has extensive experience in freelance editorial, copywriting and proofreading and has previously been a Chief Sub-Editor at Legal 500.
View ProfileJohnny has vast experience across the legal sector, and legal directories and is proficient in writing and editing, high quality submissions.
View ProfileAnnie has gained a wealth of experience across real estate and legal administration.
View ProfileJemma 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.
View ProfileAlyssa is in the process of completing her LLM at Brunel University, having previously secured a Bachelors in Law from Parayanshan University, Indonesia.
View ProfileChloe holds a BA in French and Classical Studies from Royal Holloway University. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Law degree from BPP London.
View ProfileCintia 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.
View ProfileDavid 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.
View ProfileMudasser spent 5 years working for The Legal 500, researching and writing for the in-house legal market in jurisdictions around the world.
View ProfileNatasa 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.
View ProfilePeter worked at Chambers and Partners for two years , writing bespoke market reports for law firms around the world.
View ProfileJulia 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.
View ProfilePetra is a Legal Directory Specialist and has extensive experience interning for corporate, real estate and family city law firms before joining Kidd Aitken.
View ProfileJoanne 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.
View ProfileSpencer is a Legal Directory Specialist. He holds a bachelor's degree in Law and is studying towards a master's degree in Legal Practice
View ProfileNeha 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.
View ProfileAngela 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.
View ProfileKate 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.
View ProfileVictoria 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.
View ProfileNikita 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.
View ProfileRaisah 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.
View ProfileDiana is based in Mexico. She has an MBA and a background in business ownership and organisational psychology.
View ProfileAs part of our Directory Services team, Donna helps plan and allocate work to our consultant teams to help them meet client deadlines and expectations on their projects.
View ProfileHatty 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.
View ProfileGerardo has extensive experience in implementing technologies and overseeing operations in a variety of industries including IT, manufacturing and logistics.
View ProfileEmma 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.
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