# MD Communications

> MD Communications is a London-based, privately held communications consultancy founded by Melissa Davis in 2010. It helps law firms and other professional-services businesses build and protect reputation through PR, crisis and litigation communications, brand strategy, digital content, client listening, directories and awards, bids, training, and events. Its edge is a senior team steeped in the legal market, paired with relationships across specialist media and international legal networks.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** London, United Kingdom
- **Founders:** Melissa Davis (Founder and Chief Executive)
- **Products:** PR and media relations, Crisis and litigation communications, Purpose, messaging and brand strategy, Digital, social and content, Client listening
- **Notable:** Reached a 25-person team by its tenth anniversary in 2020, according to the founder's anniversary account., Won Supplier of the Year at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards in 2023., Published original legal-sector research, including Workplace Culture in the Legal Sector, What Lies Ahead 2025 and Navigating Global Growth in 2025.

## Products & services

- **PR and media relations** — Strategic positioning, press-office support, media outreach, executive profiling and thought leadership for legal and professional-services organisations.
- **Crisis and litigation communications** — Preparation and counsel for reputational risk, active disputes, sensitive internal issues and fast-moving news cycles.
- **Purpose, messaging and brand strategy** — Positioning, messaging, brand and employer-brand programmes designed to connect stated values with credible evidence.
- **Digital, social and content** — Audits, strategies, channel management, training, coaching and content development, with a strong emphasis on LinkedIn.
- **Client listening** — Structured programmes that surface client expectations, relationship risks and growth opportunities.
- **Legal directories and awards** — Strategy, submissions, referee management and year-round matter capture for Chambers, Legal 500 and awards programmes.
- **Bids and tenders** — Outsourced support across the proposal process to help firms compete for new work.
- **Training and events** — Media, social, relationship and communication training, plus events that connect firms with peers and journalists.
- **How to PR a Law Firm** — Melissa Davis's practical book on campaigns, journalist relationships, social media, personal brand, networking, directories and awards; proceeds support work in the autism space.

## Achievements

- Reached a 25-person team by its tenth anniversary in 2020, according to the founder's anniversary account.
- Won Supplier of the Year at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards in 2023.
- Published original legal-sector research, including Workplace Culture in the Legal Sector, What Lies Ahead 2025 and Navigating Global Growth in 2025.
- The 2024 Legal 5K attracted 600 runners; the company said the annual event drew more than 800 runners in 2026.
- The 2025 Parents Promise campaign launched in Parliament and generated more than 2,000 downloads of parent and teacher resources, according to the company's 2026 award-shortlist announcement.
- The 2023 Parents Promise campaign persuaded Tesco, Unilever and Vodafone to change HR policies supporting separating parents, according to MD Communications.
- Shortlisted for Supplier of the Year and Melissa Davis for Business Leader of the Year at the 2026 Women and Diversity in Law Awards.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — The Legal 5K charity race was featured by the Law Society Gazette after more than 800 runners took part in Regent's Park.
- **2026-05** — Melissa Davis published the firm's take on LinkedIn's latest algorithm, comparing effective participation with relationship-building at large legal conferences.
- **2026-02** — Melissa Davis and MD Communications were shortlisted at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards for Business Leader of the Year and Supplier of the Year.
- **2026-01** — The firm's What Lies Ahead 2026 report received coverage in three legal trade publications.
- **2025-11** — MD Communications launched Navigating Global Growth at the International Bar Association annual conference in Toronto.
- **2025-02** — Its Meet the Media event brought legal and national journalists together to discuss crisis communications.

## Links

- Website: https://mdcomms.co.uk/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/md-communications/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/mdcomms
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/md.communications/

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Last updated: 2026-09-21