SEO Strategy to Increase Organic Traffic for Central London Corporate Law Firm

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Corporate Law Firm Case Study Background

We have been working with a corporate law firm based in London for the past four years. The firm specialises in national and international commercial disputes, fraud, arbitration, and sanctions. Despite their impressive credentials and reputation, they faced challenges with online visibility management and reaching their desired clientele through organic channels.

They needed a strategy that would reflect their authority and expertise while capturing more relevant traffic, avoiding the costs of paid adverts.

Here the results for the last 12 months. Over 1.6 million impressions and 18.3 K highly relevant clicks from potential clients that engage with our SEO content.

Objective

The primary goal was to optimise their entire site for speed and usability, implement conversion rate optimisation techniques, and establish a robust content marketing strategy to position the firm as a thought leader in their specialised fields. Our focus was to generate long-term results by driving targeted organic traffic, improving search rankings, and increasing overall engagement on their site.

Corporate Law Firm SEO Strategy

To achieve this, we implemented a multi-phase strategy:

1. Technical SEO and Speed Optimisation

• Complete overhaul of their WordPress site to improve loading times and usability
• Thorough technical SEO audit addressing site speed, mobile responsiveness, and user experience

2. Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO)

• Redesigned key pages to guide users through the site more intuitively
• Focus on making it easier for potential clients to get in touch
• Increased number of qualified leads from the site

3. Content Strategy and Implementation

• Introduced a content calendar focused on publishing regular, high-quality articles
• Addressed common questions and showcased the firm's expertise
• Targeted niche keywords to attract high-intent traffic

4. Ongoing SEO Adjustments

• Continuous monitoring of performance
• Regular adjustments based on analytics and search trends
• Adaptation to new algorithm updates
• Focus on emerging areas of law

Challenges

The legal industry is highly competitive, especially in London. Competing against larger firms with established online presence required a strategic approach that highlighted the firm's unique strengths.

Additionally, legal content must be precise and compliant, adding another layer of complexity to content creation.

Results

The long-term investment in SEO and content marketing has delivered significant improvements in key performance metrics:

• Increased Visibility: 293K total impressions in the last three months compared to 162K in the same period last year
• Higher Engagement: Growth in total clicks from 2.87K to 3.65K year-over-year
• Consistent Growth: 20% month-over-month increase in relevant organic traffic during peak periods
• Improved Rankings: Better average position and visibility for key practice areas

Key Learnings

• Comprehensive SEO strategy combining technical optimisation with content marketing is crucial
• Balance between driving traffic and ensuring compliance in content is essential
• Long-term results require patience, consistency, and continuous refinement

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Deep Dive: Why the Top Corporate Law Firms in London Are Winning Clients Through SEO

(Competitive intelligence for partners who don’t want to be the last firm in the City to “get” digital.)

The quiet land-grab happening on Google

Corporate counsel no longer begin their vendor short-list with a phone call—they start with a query. London’s Magic Circle has noticed. Their websites now draw six-figure visit numbers every quarter:

Firm	Estimated visits (last 3 months)	Avg. session length
A&O Shearman	234.8 K	1 min 20 s
Clifford Chance	237.6 K	1 min 13 s
Norton Rose Fulbright	268.3 K	1 min 07 s
Linklaters	Global rank #218,569	59% of traffic from organic search

Meanwhile, mid-tier firms saw an average 8 % drop in organic visits during 2024.

If your analytics chart is flat while rivals add a quarter-million eyeballs, the gap isn’t closing—it’s compounding.

What the winners are doing differently

• Owning high-value transactional keywords Magic-Circle insight hubs now rank for phrases like “UK Takeover Code reforms” and “cross-border SPAC listing rules.” Securing those SERP spots means their alerts are the first (and sometimes only) commentary busy GCs read before calling external counsel.

• Publishing at pace A 2019 study of 100+ legal sites showed that firms actively blogging generate 400 % more organic traffic than peers who let content stagnate.

Freshfields uploaded 190 “Insights” pieces in 2024 alone.

A&O Shearman timestamps every article with the author’s London phone extension—bridging content and conversion in one click.

Technical hygiene that shames most IT teams

• Sub-second Core Web Vitals scores keep bounce rates below 55 %.

• Schema markup pushes events, thought-leadership PDFs, and partner bios into rich-result real estate.

• Automatic hreflang tags mean a GC in Frankfurt sees a German-optimised page, while Google still credits the London HQ domain.

Authority link building—without “doing SEO”

Chambers, Legal 500, the Financial Times, and even Companies House all link back to Magic Circle commentary pages. Each citation is white-hat, PR-driven, and worth more than a thousand generic directory backlinks.

Using rankings as social proof in SERPs

Leaders League’s 2025 M&A “Large-Cap” table lists Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters and Slaughter and May in Tier 1. By embedding the badge inline with meta-descriptions and FAQs, these firms turn organic impressions into pre-qualified clicks—before prospects even hit the website.

What this means for your partnership

Every day you delay structured content, a rival partner publishes another keyword-optimised article that will age-like-fine-wine on Google.

Google’s Helpful Content and EEAT updates reward depth and authorship. Partners already writing client memos are halfway there; the winners simply publish where Google can see it.

AI answers may siphon some traffic, but top-ranked pages are what LLMs scrape first. If you’re not ranking, even bots won’t quote you.

Rapid action plan to close the gap

30-Day Sprint	90-Day Milestone	6-Month Outcome
Audit live rankings for your top 50 deal-making queries; benchmark against A&O, CC, Links.	Publish a weekly insight post mapped to those queries; add partner by-lines & schema.	Own Page-1 positions for at least 10 transactional keywords; capture newsletter sign-ups and RFP calls direct from blog pages.
Fix Core Web Vitals; compress PDFs, lazy-load images.	Repurpose webinars & memos into pillar pages (>2,000 words) to win EEAT signals.	Build a defensible backlink moat via guest commentary in IFLR, FT, Lexology.

The takeaway

SEO is no longer a “marketing experiment.” It’s an asset showing up on the balance sheet: a pipeline of CFO-grade visitors every quarter. London’s elite firms have already staked their claims; the search results prove it.

The only question is whether your firm joins them—or keeps letting competitors collect the inbound briefs that should have been yours.

Ready to see where you stand? Run the audit, publish the insight, and watch Google’s verdict change in your favour.