Cut Legal 500 prep from 2 weeks to 2 days
Reduced submission time by 90 percent and handled partner approvals in one workspace using Ranking Copilot. LEGATE (Slovakia) — Legal 500 submissions 2025
LEGATE, a leading Slovak law firm, regularly prepares submissions for international legal directories including Chambers and Partners and Legal 500. For the 2025 Legal 500 deadline, Marketing Manager Anna Kuskova used Ranking Copilot to transform what was once a 100-hour, highly repetitive process into a streamlined two-day workflow.
Before adopting Ranking Copilot, the firm’s marketing process was slow and fragmented. Even when reusing existing matters, the team still spent 1–2 weeks manually adjusting content, cross-checking referee lists, and coordinating reviews across multiple drafts and emails.
The main bottlenecks included:
• Mismatched research periods — every matter and referee had to be manually re-checked for eligibility.
• Referee management — additional work was required to avoid conflicts and overuse.
• Formatting burden — each matter description had to be restructured for Legal 500’s specific requirements.
• Approval delays — partners reviewed drafts in Word, with long back-and-forth email chains.
All told, that added up to around 100 hours of repetitive administration.
With Ranking Copilot, Anna was able to complete all four practice area submissions, including partner approvals, in less than two days. The platform automated formatting, standardised matter structures, and provided a unified workspace for reviewing and approving submissions. AI-generated content reduced drafting time dramatically, and centralised referee tracking eliminated errors across directories.
By switching to Ranking Copilot, LEGATE achieved:
• 90% less time spent on preparation.
• Full visibility on referee usage across past and current submissions.
• AI-tailored matter descriptions instantly formatted for Legal 500.
• Partner reviews and approvals handled in one workspace.
“Ranking Copilot makes our work much easier and saves us valuable time. After the Legal 500 August deadline, we also submitted for the Chambers and Partners September deadline, and the experience was just as excellent. We will be using Ranking Copilot to provide updates on individual matters throughout the year to ensure regular accuracy of information, which would not have been possible without it.”
— Anna Kuskova, Marketing Manager, LEGATE
Submissions to legal directories are vital, but there’s no reason to prepare them the old way. With AI and automation, firms get faster, more accurate results — and everyone’s just a little bit happier 🥰
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