We draft tailored and meticulous submissions to the major legal directories including Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, and IFLR 1000. 

OUR ADDED VALUE 

We get the ball rolling very far in advance, giving the partners an internal deadline for providing their own updates that is several weeks in advance of the directory’s own deadline to allow sufficient time for us to carefully craft the submissions.

We not only bring our expertise from a legal directories researcher and a Big law firm attorney to the table to ensure the submission looks good, but as consultants who are solely focused on legal directory submissions we are completely on top of the process, relieving busy BD teams so they can prioritize other tasks. 

We remove doubt from the equation by ensuring that your submissions are as well put together as possible – we hope that our services will ultimately result in higher rankings for some of your practices and team members, but if you don’t get promoted in a particular year, you’ll know that your submission wasn’t the reason why.

 We review your submissions and provide advice on how they can be improved. 

OUR ADDED VALUE 

The process of choosing and lining up referees can take a considerable amount of time and is a big logistical exercise. We work well in advance of the deadlines to help attorneys choose the best referees to put forward and ensure that they get the best response rates possible. Once you have sent your submissions to the directories, we also follow up with each directory half way through their section cycle to get status update on the referee response rate, whenever possible. 

As consultants who are solely focused on legal directories, we are completely on top of the referee process, relieving busy attorneys and BD team so that they can prioritise other tasks. 

We have different strategies in place to get the best results with each guide. 

 We review your submissions late in the process and offer advice on how they can be improved.

OUR ADDED VALUE 

We combine the experience of a Big law firm attorney with that of legal directory researchers to review your pre-drafted submissions produced in-house. We suggest improvements with unlimited revisions up until the deadline. 

Pro Firma reviews submissions late in the process and offers a fast turnaround time. We can also help in asking for an extension to the directory deadlines should you require more time with your submissions. 

 We help arrange interviews and coach you on the most effective approach to take with the directory researchers.

OUR ADDED VALUE 

Having conducted interviews with attorneys when working as legal directories' researchers, we know exactly how the process works. As consultants, we first contact the researchers on your behalf to maximise your chances of securing an interview with the directories for each of your firm's practice areas. 

Once we have confirmed an interview with the directories, we advise you on the best approach to take for any interview and how to be helpful to the directories while also showcasing your own work in the best possible light. 

 We gather feedback from the directories' editors on their most recent rankings decisions so that you can best assess what you need to focus on 

OUR ADDED VALUE 

When the rankings have been released, Pro Firma contacts the directories on your behalf to receive feedback on your submissions and on your position in the rankings.

Because of our experience as legal directory researchers, we know what questions to ask the researchers to help you further improve your rankings for next year's submissions. 

We provide this service free of charge.