type limited liability partnership industry law founded london 1984 headquarters london united kingdom area served united kingdom international services legal advice and advocacy website www.schillingspartners.com schillings originally schilling & lom is an international reputation and privacy consultancy staffed by reputation privacy and family lawyers risk consulting cyber security and intelligence specialists . the company is an alternative business structure abs and regulated and authorised by the united kingdom s solicitors regulation authority sra . it employs 33 lawyers risk managers and it security consultants and offers services covering risk consulting legal services and it security . 1 in november 2012 schillings were named law firm of the year reputation & privacy by spears wms . 2 contents 1 history 2 notable cases 3 partners 3.1 former partner 4 references 5 external links history edit the firm was founded in 1984 by keith schilling and nicholas lom and focused largely on media law libel and privacy protection . it was called by index on censorship as the scourge of many a fleet street editor for obtaining anonymised gagging orders to protect celebrity clients privacy . 3 in the early 2010s the firm began to move away from pure media and libel work towards reputation protection for a largely corporate non celebrity clientele . 4 in 2012 schillings acquired the information security firm vigilante bespoke . 5 in march 2013 the firm was granted two alternative business structure licenses one for the schillings partnership and one for schillings corporate limited which owns vigilante bespoke . 6 7 the company restructured its organisation in september 2013 and is now an integrated legal risk management it security and investigation business . 8 notable cases edit in 2004 schillings helped lance armstrong when confronted with doping allegations in the book l. a. confidentiel by david walsh and pierre ballester . schillings was told vague to tell every uk paper and broadcaster to not re state what was in the book . 9 gideon benaim and matthew himsworth worked for schillings on armstrong s libel actions 10 including a 2004 defamation suit against the sunday times for referencing information in the book . 11 in may 2008 keith schilling won a privacy case in the court of appeal for the son of harry potter author j. k. rowling . the case says children of famous parents have the same right to expect privacy as children of parents who aren t well known granting them protection from intrusive photography . 12 13 in april and may 2011 schillings acted for ryan giggs in ctb v news group newspapers and obtained a super injunction aimed at preventing the publication by the sun of the details of an alleged extra marital relationship between giggs and imogen thomas . the case gained widespread media coverage and political discussion in the uk . 14 15 16 in october 2012 schillings family division acted for the respondent husband in reported case bp v kp and ni . the case included not only companies by which one of the spouses was employed but also former colleagues and associates with whom a spouse was professionally acquainted . 17 in january 2013 schillings acted for ned rocknroll husband to kate winslet . rocknroll obtained an order preventing the sun newspaper from publishing private images of rocknroll taken from a facebook page . 18 in may 2013 schillings acted for dale vince who won his appeal against his ex wife s claim for maintenance . this was viewed as a landmark judgment which set a precedent for future financial claims that may be made many years after a relationship has ended . 19 20 in july 2013 schillings acted for the author jk rowling who brought proceedings against a lawyer who revealed that she had been writing under a pseudonym . 21 partners edit founder keith schilling was listed as 10th in the times 100 most powerful lawyers list 2008 22 and named in the evening standard s 2008 survey of the 1000 most influential people in london . 23 in 2013 schilling was awarded the super lawyer leading lawyer accolade . 24 rod christie miller spoke to the parliamentary joint committee in 2011 on the draft defamation bill . 25 rachel atkins acted for jimmy nail and sir stelios haji loannou in his libel case against ryanair s michael o leary . 26 chris scott who was promoted to partner in january 2012 27 was involved with the firm s submission to the leveson inquiry . he discussed the effect of the leveson report s findings on reputation management in the lawyer . 28 jenny afia who was also promoted to partner on 1 january 2012 was named young solicitor of the year at the british legal awards 2008 . 29 30 davina katz n e hay heads the firm s family division . 31 32 former partner edit simon smith former schillings managing partner who has hollywood actress keira knightley pam brighton 33 caprice the government of saudi arabia tiger woods and footballer cristiano ronaldo among his clients . 34 references edit our people . schillings . retrieved 2015 10 21 . spear s wealth management awards winners spear s wms . spearswms.com . 2012 10 30 . retrieved 2013 09 05 . schillings trollhunters general . index on censorship . 2013 09 05 . retrieved 2015 10 21 . beioley kate 2013 09 05 . schillings relaunches as privacy and cyber security firm news . the lawyer . retrieved 2015 03 16 . top media firm and regional practice seeking external cash help take abs total to over 100 . legal futures . retrieved 2015 03 16 . harris joanne 2013 03 11 . schillings bucks trend with media abss news . the lawyer . retrieved 2013 09 05 . harris joanne . schillings becomes latest firm to gain abs licence news . the lawyer . retrieved 2013 09 05 . from celebrity lawyers to reputation defence business abs completes transformation . legal futures . retrieved 2015 03 16 . david walsh it was obvious to me lance armstrong was doping . press gazette . retrieved 2013 09 05 . chadderton sam 2012 06 08 . libel star benaim quits schillings news . the lawyer . retrieved 2013 09 05 . lance armstrong s libel case against the sunday times has been given a start date of november 6 afte . bikeradar . 2005 08 01 . retrieved 2013 09 05 . harry potter author wins privacy case . edinburgh the scotsman . 7 may 2008 . archived from the original on september 23 2009 . note article no longer live in august 2013 harry potter author wins privacy case appeal 13 wthr indianapolis . wthr.com . retrieved 2013 09 05 . gagging order mp names footballer in commons . sky news . uk . 23 may 2011 . retrieved 23 may 2011 . wilkinson peter 23 may 2011 . social media making mockery of privacy laws . cnn . usa . retrieved 23 may 2011 . the injunction king a cabal of grasping lawyers and a 2 000 an hour assault on free speech . daily mail . london . bp v kp and ni financial remedy proceedings res judicata 2012 ewhc 2995 fam . family law week . retrieved 2013 09 05 . burton lucy . success for schillings as kate winslet s husband blocks sun images news . the lawyer . retrieved 2013 09 05 . croft jane 2013 05 26 . divorce case could ease life for entrepreneurs . ft.com . retrieved 2013 09 05 . bbc news ecotricity tycoon dale vince wins case against ex wife . bbc.co.uk . 2013 05 08 . retrieved 2013 09 05 . philipson alice 2013 07 31 . jk rowling accepts damages from law firm that revealed her secret identity . london telegraph . retrieved 2013 09 05 . law the times . business.timesonline.co.uk . 2010 04 02 . retrieved 2013 09 05 . go or use our advanced search . keith schilling schillings london lawyer profile chambers uk 2015 chambers and partners . chambersandpartners.com . retrieved 2015 03 16 . keith schilling lawyer in london solicitor . super lawyers . retrieved 2013 09 05 . player . parliamentlive.tv . 2011 05 09 . retrieved 2013 09 05 . schillings announces stelios win in ryanair libel battle . prweb.com . retrieved 2013 09 05 . moves news . the lawyer . 2012 01 30 . retrieved 2013 09 05 . chadderton sam 2012 12 03 . media lawyers predict changes to reputation management in wake of leveson news . the lawyer . retrieved 2013 09 05 . eversheds links honoured at british legal awards . legalweek . 2008 11 28 . retrieved 2013 09 05 . 35 women under 35 2013 behind the scenes . managementtoday.co.uk . 2013 07 07 . retrieved 2013 09 05 . legal index spear s wms . spearswms.com . 2010 07 20 . retrieved 2013 09 05 . citywealth wealth management finance finance news luxury lifestyle and philanthropy . citywealthmag.com . retrieved 2013 09 05 . angelique chrisafis 2004 05 19 . director loses claim to hit show uk news . the guardian . retrieved 2013 09 05 . dowell katy . tiger woods uk lawyer quits schillings news . the lawyer . retrieved 2013 09 05 . external links edit the schillings website the vigilante bespoke website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title schillings & oldid 738446731 categories law firms based in londonlaw firms established in 19841984 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