Legal directories and making a good submission

Kingsley Egbuonu, Managing IP

Kingsley is an experienced, meticulous research editor and writer in the legal industry. He has a background in law, with professional qualifications from the ADR Group and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (England & Wales).

Over the course of his career, Kingsley has written extensively about intellectual property law and practice; managed local and international teams and research projects; commissioned and edited IP articles; and organised or participated in legal industry events.

His interests in law include modern delivery of legal services, dispute resolution and legal technology.

Neil Lampert, Deputy Chief Executive, CIPA

As Deputy Chief Executive, Neil is responsible for CIPA’s stakeholder management at home and overseas, as well as public affairs, public relations and all external and internal communications. In 2018 Neil won the Memcom award for Outstanding Achiever in a Membership or Marketing Team in recognition of his use of stakeholder engagement to build advocacy and spread CIPA’s key post-Brexit messages globally.

He joined CIPA from the Probation Association, the national membership body for the Probation Trusts of England and Wales. As the Association’s PR and Communications Manager he held the most senior communications position in the probation service outside of Government, briefing politicians and managing national media appearances by senior probation chiefs.

A journalist by trade, Neil spent many years running newsrooms in newspaper and radio environments. He also managed teams in a city PR agency.

He is a keen cyclist, a long-suffering Arsenal fan and music geek.

Susannah Pearson, Directories Consultancy

Susannah Pearson is the most experienced external adviser on legal directories, with a track record of nearly 30 years in this specialist field.  She has worked both in-house at a number of global law firms, and as Consultant and Founder of the Directories Consultancy.  She and the team at The Directories Consultancy advise on all aspects of the submissions process.

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