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About Legal Desire

About Legal Desire

Legal Desire is an independent legal news and intelligence publication. We have been reporting on the legal industry since 2012: the deals, the disputes, the moves, the regulation and the technology reshaping how law is practised.

Since 201214 years publishing
20,000+Stories published
12,000+Deals & transactions covered
2,000+Lawyers & firms published with us

Who we are

Legal Desire is published by Legal Desire Media & Consulting. We are a small, independent editorial team, and we think you should know exactly who is behind what you read.

Anuj Kumar
Anuj Kumar Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Founded Legal Desire in 2012 and leads its editorial direction. Writes on the business of law, brand and IP disputes, and the legal technology market. Also founder of Fashion Law Journal.

Apoorva Mehta
Apoorva Mehta Chief Global Officer

Leads Legal Desire’s global partnerships, commercial strategy and international growth.

Michelle Alexandra
Michelle Alexandra Managing Editor

Runs the newsroom day to day, commissioning and editing across the publication including Fashion Law Journal and Injury Law Reporter.

Deepali Gautam
Deepali Gautam Executive Manager

Keeps the operation running: scheduling, contributor coordination and the day to day of getting the publication out.

Cynthia Lydia Marbaniang
Cynthia Lydia Marbaniang Associate & Staff Writer

Reports across practice areas, with a focus on disputes, regulation and long-form analysis.

Aditi Bhardwaj
Aditi Bhardwaj Student Editor

Reports on deals, law firm and in-house updates, and appointments across the market.

Lavanya Dhamija
Lavanya Dhamija Student Editor

Reports on deals, law firm and in-house updates, and appointments across the market.

What we cover

The business of law

  • Law firm and in-house moves, promotions and lateral hires
  • Deals and transactions: M&A, private equity, capital markets, project finance and venture funding
  • Firm launches, mergers and new office openings
  • Legal technology, legal operations and the tools changing how firms work

Practice and policy

  • Disputes, litigation and arbitration, including landmark judgments
  • Intellectual property, data privacy and cybersecurity regulation
  • Corporate, employment, insolvency and consumer law
  • Forensic science and investigations, one of our longest-running specialisms
  • Personal injury and civil claims in the United States
  • Careers, legal education and the route into the profession

How we work

Our readers make decisions with real consequences, so accuracy comes before speed. Reporting is checked against primary sources, judgments, filings and the firms involved. Where we get something wrong we correct it and say so.

We publish three distinct kinds of content and we label them so you always know which one you are reading:

  • Editorial. Reported, commissioned and edited by our team. Nobody pays for it and nobody outside the newsroom decides it.
  • Announcements and press releases. Submitted by firms and organisations. Published under our announcements categories, edited for clarity and house style, not independently reported.
  • Partner content. Paid placements, always visibly labelled as sponsored or partner content, with outbound links marked rel="sponsored" in line with Google’s policy.

Paying us does not buy coverage. Our reporting, interviews and commentary are decided by the editorial team on editorial grounds. Advertisers and Publisher Plan members get no say in what we cover, no advance sight of what we write about them or their competitors, and no right to have accurate coverage changed or removed. The label on paid content is what makes it safe for a firm to point at, so we do not remove it at any price.

Our full editorial standards set out how we source, verify, correct and disclose.

Publishing details

Publication
Legal Desire Media and Insights
Published by
Legal Desire Media & Consulting
Founded
2012
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Anuj Kumar
Editorial enquiries and corrections
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