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The market is already talking about you. Are you listening?

Law firms should take intentional steps to shape their brand perception or risk the market shaping it for them, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communication officer Allan Schoenberg

4 Jun 2026

Your most important business development tool is right in front of you

A firm’s website is its single most influential business development platform – and they can often be taken for granted, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg

14 Apr 2026

Trust is not peripheral to communications strategy, it is central to it

Law firm communicators are most effective when they are the most trusted voice in the room, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg

18 Feb 2026

Why storytelling should be at the centre of law firm recruitment

Humanising the firm experience can help build trust when seeking to attract talent, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg

5 Jan 2026

Building media relations proficiency into a business driver

Media mastery is an essential skill for law firm rainmakers to attract new business and deepen client trust, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg

16 Oct 2025

Why perspective is a law firm communicator’s greatest skill

Law firm marketers need to wear many hats if they want to get their messaging right for all stakeholders, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg

28 Aug 2025

Why leadership is crucial to shaping outcomes in uncertain times

Crisis plans are valuable, but it is leaders who will determine how well organisations respond and recover, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg

25 Jul 2025

‘You keep using that word’: transparency in internal communications

Transparency isn’t about volume of information, it is about being honest, consistent and using judgement, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg

21 May 2025

Building a data-driven communications philosophy for your law firm

Data-informed planning and regular measurement is essential if law firm marketers want their campaigns to succeed, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg

28 Mar 2025

The media is dead, long live the media - law firm communications in the age of narrow media

Marketers need to embrace both old and new media as part of their comms strategies, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg

14 Feb 2025

News About Vinson & Elkins

Vinson & Elkins debuts in Brussels with ex-Hogan Lovells partner

US firm hires antitrust partner May Lyn Yuen for first Continental European office

23 Mar 2026

Vinson & Elkins makes trio of US partner hires from Kirkland & Ellis and Baker Botts

New recruits include funds partners Samuel Francis and Reed Schuster and finance lawyer Caitlin Lawrence

23 Jun 2025

Vinson & Elkins joins growing list of US firms opening in Denver

New Denver office will be led by trio of V&E partners, including office managing partner Sarah Morgan

31 Oct 2024

Cadwalader global litigation co-chair joins Vinson & Elkins in New York

Jason Halper joins alongside newly-minted partner Sara Brauerman

16 Sep 2024