Legal

Be the firm people trust first.

When someone needs a lawyer, they want expertise they can rely on and a firm that understands their situation. Most start online, searching for answers, comparing firms and reading reviews before they make contact. We help law firms be found for the work they do best, show the expertise of their partners and turn more enquiries into instructions, all within the professional conduct rules that apply to legal advertising.

From first search to signed instruction

We look after the whole client journey, so the firm people discover online is the firm they choose to instruct.

Be found

Practice-area search and paid campaigns that reach people when they need legal help.

Be trusted

Thought leadership, PR and reputation that show the expertise behind the firm.

Win instructions

Websites and enquiry handling that turn interest into consultations and signed clients.

Measure

Clear tracking from first search to instruction, by practice area and channel.

A growth engine for law firms

Firm Growth Strategy

Every firm has practice areas it wants to grow and clients it is best placed to serve. We set clear goals for enquiries and instructions in each area, then plan the positioning, channels and content most likely to reach the right clients.

An AI agent for your firm

Our agentic system connects your website, search data, ad accounts, call tracking and CRM, so you can follow each enquiry from first search to instruction in one place.

Agents spot trends and draft content, reports and follow-ups. Our team and your lawyers review everything, so every piece is accurate, appropriate and consistent with the professional conduct rules that apply to your firm.

You
Which practice areas are bringing in the most enquiries?
Family law and employment enquiries are ahead of last month, mostly from organic search. Commercial property enquiries have slowed, and two of its key pages have slipped in rankings, so I have drafted updates for the partners to review.
You
How quickly are we responding to new enquiries?
Most are answered the same day, but evening and weekend web enquiries often wait until the next working day. I have drafted an acknowledgement message and a routing rule for the team to approve.
Ask about your enquiries

Why law firms choose Vertical

We bring a track record of measurable growth across demanding, trust-driven categories, and we apply it with the precision legal marketing requires.

Practice-area focus

Plans built around the work you most want to win, not generic traffic.

Expertise forward

Content and PR that put your partners' knowledge at the centre.

Conduct aware

Claims, testimonials and offers checked against professional rules.

Instruction focused

We measure success in consultations and instructions, not clicks.

AI built in

Agents analyse enquiries and draft content, lawyers and our team decide.

Discreet and precise

Careful handling of sensitive topics, client data and firm reputation.

See how our clients are changing their businesses

FaceGym
50% more purchases, 41% more bookings
Canagan
900% email revenue growth
Tribal
74.3% more conversion value
McAdams
148% more email revenue
Decant Group
477% more leads
Moskovskaya
5,560% follower growth, 550% ROAS
Elit Vodka
New identity, 400% more engagement
Aesthetic Intelligence
3,000+ leads per webinar, 3,200% ROI
Decant Group
“Vertical transformed the way we approach digital marketing. They helped us simplify a complex investment offer, build high-performing funnels and scale campaigns with confidence. The results speak for themselves with lead volume, quality and efficiency all improved dramatically. They’ve been a true partner in our growth.”
Robbie Heald
VP Growth, Decant Group
477%
more leads

Full-funnel paid media, creative and bespoke landing pages that made whisky and fine wine investment simple to say yes to.

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A powerhouse in a Power Station.

Vertical is a small, senior team of strategists, creatives and performance marketers based at Battersea Power Station in London, with clients and colleagues around the world. Strategy, creative and performance come from one team, with AI built into how we plan, make and measure.

The building has stood on the Thames for the best part of a century, and for fifty years it kept London’s lights on. We like the precedent.

Law firm marketing questions, answered

How do you market a law firm?

Effective legal marketing starts with the practice areas the firm most wants to grow and the clients it is best placed to serve. We build visibility in search for those areas, create content that answers the questions clients ask, strengthen reviews and directory profiles and raise the profiles of your partners. Then we make sure enquiries are handled quickly and tracked through to instruction, so you can see what is really working.

How does practice-area SEO work?

People rarely search for a law firm in general. They search for help with a specific problem, such as a divorce, a dispute or a property purchase. Practice-area search engine optimisation builds a dedicated, expert page for each service and location, supported by useful guides, strong technical foundations and authority from relevant sources. The result is a firm that appears for the searches most likely to lead to instructions.

How do you handle the professional conduct rules on advertising?

Legal advertising is subject to professional conduct rules on accuracy, testimonials, fees, comparisons and how outcomes are described. The details vary by jurisdiction and regulator, and advertising platforms add their own policies. We build campaigns and content with those rules in mind, avoid misleading or exaggerated claims and work with your lawyers to review material before it is published. Responsibility for compliance stays with the firm, so we keep you closely involved.

How can we turn more enquiries into instructions?

Many firms lose potential clients through slow responses, unclear contact routes or enquiries that never reach the right person. We improve the website journey, add call tracking and set up CRM workflows that acknowledge, qualify and route every enquiry promptly. We also help you measure conversion by practice area and source, so you can see where good enquiries are being lost and fix the problem rather than simply buying more traffic.

How do you build partner thought leadership?

Clients and referrers want to see expertise before they make contact. We work with your partners to turn their knowledge into articles, commentary on legal developments, LinkedIn content and PR opportunities. We keep the process light, often starting from a short conversation, and our agents help draft material for partners to refine. Over time this builds recognisable profiles that support search, referrals and the firm's reputation in its chosen areas.

How do you manage reviews and reputation for law firms?

Reviews and legal directories increasingly influence which firm a client contacts. We set up a careful process for inviting satisfied clients to leave feedback, with respect for confidentiality, and help you respond professionally to every review. We also keep directory and business profiles accurate and complete. Handled well, reputation becomes one of the strongest reasons people choose your firm over others with similar expertise.

How does AI support your work for law firms?

Our agents connect to your website, search data, call tracking and CRM to show which practice areas are growing, where enquiries drop away and which content is performing. They draft articles, reports and follow-up messages, and flag pages that need updating. Our team and your lawyers review everything before it is used, so it is accurate and appropriate. AI helps us move faster, while people make every judgement.

How do you measure success?

We track enquiries, consultations and instructions by practice area and channel, alongside response times, cost per instruction, search visibility and reviews. Together these show which areas are growing, which channels bring the best clients and where the firm should invest next. We report clearly and explain what we are changing and why, so partners can make confident decisions about marketing.

How do we get started?

Start with a conversation about your firm, the practice areas you want to grow and the clients you want to reach. We usually review your search visibility, website, enquiry handling, reviews and current campaigns, then recommend the changes most likely to bring in more of the right instructions. Some firms work with us on one practice area first, while others ask us to support the whole firm.

Bring us the ambition. We’ll build the system behind it.