At Kidd Aitken, our team of experts bring years of experience advising law firms on all aspects of submissions to leading directories and awards providers, including Chambers, Legal 500, IFLR1000 and more.
Our size (over 25 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. Our team also houses the former editor of Chambers UK, and deputy editors and researchers of Chambers USA, Chambers Europe and Legal 500.
We’re currently celebrating Kidd Aitken’s fifth anniversary. Founders Jacob and Daniel have been assisting clients with their submissions and improving their rankings for well over a decade.
Awards for Kidd Aitken
Our experience, testimonials and track record highlight our success and achievements. But we also take pride in the number and scope of awards and accreditations we’ve received to date. Including being ranked top of the list for legal consultants and strategists by Law Dragon 2020. Here’s just a brief selection.
Directors
Daniel Kidd
DIRECTOR
Daniel has 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
DIRECTOR
Jacob Aitken is a Director of Kidd Aitken Legal Marketing. Jacob has 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.
Tony Williams
Advisor to the Board
Tony Williams has more than 35 years’ experience in the legal profession. He was Managing Partner of the world’s largest law firm, Clifford Chance, where he spent almost 20 years.
Senior Legal Directory Specialists
Giseli Farias
Head of Latin America and Iberian Markets
Giseli 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.
Joe Mosby
Senior Legal Directory Specialist
Joe has 11 years’ experience in the legal sector. He spent five years at Chambers & Partners in London, and was the Editor of the UK Guide for solicitors.
Richard Winter
Senior Legal Directory Specialist
Richard 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.
Daniel Arthur
Senior Legal Directory Specialist
Daniel is a Senior Legal Directory Specialist.
He has worked in legal publishing for over five years, with experience as a Deputy Editor on the Chambers Asia-Pacific and Chambers Global guides.
Matthew Cripsey
Senior Legal Directory Specialist
Matthew is a Senior Legal Directory Specialist. 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.
Alex Cowlishaw
Senior Legal Directory Specialist
He 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.
Legal Directory Specialists
Jon Comlay
Legal Directory Specialist
Jon has almost 15 years’ experience in the legal sector; both working for the legal directories and also working in-house at barristers’ chambers.
Matthew Eyre
Legal Directory Specialist
Matthew Eyre combines a very strong understanding of the law and the legal industry with superb writing, editing and proofreading skills.
David Greaves
Legal Directory Specialist
David 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.
Kate Ledigo
Legal Directory Specialist
Kate is a Legal Directory Specialist. She holds a first class degree in Politics from the University of Sussex and a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP Waterloo.
Ian O'Neill
Legal Directory Specialist
Ian 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.
Eva Oddo
Legal Directory Specialist
Eva has worked as a writer and researcher for Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, researching European, Latin American and US legal markets.
James Wright
Legal Directory Specialist
James is a Legal Directory Specialist. 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.
Christopher Lahr
Legal Directory Specialist
Chris is a Legal Directory Specialist. 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. Chris has vast experience in researching legal markets across Latin America, including Uruguay, Argentina & Brazil. Chris has a BA in Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures & Linguistics from Kings College, London.
Leila Mezoughi
Legal Directory Specialist
Before her decision to practice in criminal defence, Leila gained experience in international arbitrations, with experience of a wide range of arbitral institutions including the HKIAC, ICC, JCAA, LCIA, LMAA, UNCITRAL and SIAC (ad hoc). During this time, she gained a detailed insight into several large-scale shipping, international trade, shareholder and joint venture arbitration disputes heard at the IDRC, London.
Angelica Pedroso
Legal Directory Specialist
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.
Maleeka Shillingford-Clarke
Legal Directory Specialist
Maleeka is an experienced Research Analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the publishing industry. Skilled in Interviews, Surveys, Usability Testing, Focus Groups, Statistical Analysis, Affinity Diagramming, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Research, Content development, G-suite applications, Data Modelling, Data Management, AB and multivariate testing.
Ailsa Burn-Murdoch
Legal Directory Specialist
Ailsa is a Legal Directory Specialist. She joined Kidd Aitken after 12.5 years at the Scottish Parliament, where, as a Senior Researcher, she provided impartial research support to Members of the Scottish Parliament on Local Government Finance. She became a key figure in the field, working closely with the Scottish Government and others on demystifying this complex subject.
Managers
Donna Tilling
Operations Manager
Donna started her career in property auctions, handling the sale of repossessed properties for a large building society. She has held a number of customer service and account management roles.
Caroline Triggle
Office Manager
Caroline is Kidd Aitken’s Office Manager. She has over 25 years’ experience within the Property Management and Operational Management sector.
Chloë Thomson
Legal Directories Manager
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.
Coordinators
Angela Armitage
Head of Coordination
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.
Nikita Bout King
Coordinator
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
Coordinator
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. She is also the author of an English as a Second Language book, “Juice, Juice, Fruit Juice”. She holds an MBA from Anglia Ruskin University.
Victoria Soria Morales
Coordinator
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.
Kate Noble
Coordinator
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.
Consultants
Gary Manning
Consultant
Gary Manning is a marketing, communications and business development consultant. He has over 30 years’ experience in a number of senior roles in the professional services sector.
Eugenia Navarro
Consultant
Eugenia Navarro is a marketing, communications and business development specialist. Eugenia has a Master’s in Strategic Marketing from ESADE (Spain’s leading business school, and one of the leading such institutions worldwide).