About Us
MD Communications is an award-winning PR, brand, and reputation management consultancy to the legal and professional services sector.
Since 2010, we have helped global and domestic clients drive and protect their growth strategies while staying true to their purpose and vision.
A purpose and values-led approach has been a guiding principle for founder and CEO, Melissa Davis, who launched the firm to make a difference, not just to the legal and professional services sector, but across a broad range of pro bono activities and initiatives – ideally in collaboration with clients.
These values are embedded in our team members, who each bring at least 15 years’ wide-ranging, senior-level experience. They have held leadership roles in marketing, communication and business development at leading law, accountancy and consultancy firms; run press teams across the legal and business media; and led award-winning creative agencies working with leading brands in the luxury and consumer goods sector.
This breadth of expertise enables us to challenge, bring new perspectives and position clients for growth and momentum in their core practices and markets.
By delivering the right tactics and tools to our clients, we help build their brand, values, and reputation from inside and out. Establishing a foundation of change, vision and success that goes beyond the bottom line.
Our approach
No two clients are ever the same. So, we adapt our tactics and approach to fit what each client needs, drawing on the substantial knowledge our consultants bring from years of experience at the highest levels in legal and professional services businesses.
We offer a range of related services designed to deliver the outcomes you need and meet the objectives we agree. These include PR, litigation PR, crisis communications, digital and social media, and the core of any brand building programme and increasingly vital for establishing your employer brand in a highly competitive recruitment market.
Additionally, our client listening team will help you continue to meet your clients’ needs, now and in the future while our internal communications experts can ensure your colleagues all understand what you are trying to achieve and what their role is in your success.
We also have the skills and experience to ensure your legal directories and awards submissions are successful and to assist with the bids and tenders you need to win new business and drive growth.
And all the time, we will work to build our relationship with you and understand your business so we can identify future opportunities as well as those you need now – always building for the longer-term.
Our reach
We may be boutique but we have bandwidth and our voice is always heard – thanks to the experience our team has and the respect they have in the markets in which they operate.
Our central team is based in London but we have consultants across the UK and the globe. And collectively, we have decades of experience of developing and delivering strategic communications programmes which deliver real results and help businesses grow.
Our CEO Melissa Davis is an active member of the IBA global leadership committee, with a rolodex of contacts throughout the sector, government, the media and many consumer brands.
Latin America and Spain
MD Communications is proud to be a strategic partner with global communications, digital marketing and public affairs consultancy, LLYC.
This exciting collaboration allows both MD Communications and LLYC to better serve their clients based in different markets. With 21 offices across South America and Spain, LLYC is the perfect partner to link its clients to London and the UK through MD Communications’ expertise and regional knowledge, while our clients can benefit from our connection to Latin America and Spain through our relationship with LLYC.
They have ensured that they understand our purpose, vision and culture prior to making recommendations as to activities and structured plans.
Melissa and her team have been extraordinary in their work with, and contribution to the IBA and its members. By providing pro bono support for our groundbreaking project work, doing more to connect legal professionals all over the world and supporting our mission to share information and drive improvements in the law in an energetic and impactful way, they have been instrumental in affecting positive change.
The team at MD Communications knows what journalists want and is skilled at providing knowledgeable commentators at short notice when deadlines are bearing down. Years of experience with the legal profession means the MD team also actively produces valuable ideas and leads in what can be a complex field for reporters.
Meet Our Team
Our hand-picked experts work with us because they are aligned with our values.
Relationships are at the heart of everything we do. As a result our team’s network spans worldwide across the media and professional services connections.
MD Communications’ support for our work promoting diversity, inclusion, and culture in the legal sector has been invaluable. We so appreciate their partnership, expertise, and passion for their work.
Pro Bono Work
Pro bono work, or using our skills for the greater good, has been a key part of the DNA of MD Communications since Melissa first put her name above the door.
The legal sector is a world we commit our time to understanding and promoting, and as part of this we enjoy working pro bono with organisations such as the International Bar Association, and The InterLaw Diversity Forum.
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All of our consultants have at least 15 years' experience. We operate across the globe.