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Schillings

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International reputation and privacy consultancy

Schillings (originally Schilling & Lom) is a British reputation and privacy consultancy staffed by lawyers, investigators, communications advisors, security experts and diplomacy specialists. The company is an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) and is regulated and authorised by the UK's Solicitors Regulation Authority. It provides legal services in areas including media, privacy, technology, copyright and data protection.2 It was founded by Keith Schilling.1 It is headquartered in London.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Schillings (originally Schilling & Lom) is a British reputation and privacy consultancy staffed by lawyers, investigators, communications advisors, security experts and diplomacy specialists. The company is an Alternative Business Structure (ABS) and is regulated and authorised by the UK's Solicitors Regulation Authority. It provides legal services in areas including media, privacy, technology, copyright and data protection.2

The story

Founded by Keith Schilling in 1984, in London.1

Schillings 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 "the scourge of many a Fleet Street editor" for obtaining anonymised gagging orders to protect celebrity clients' privacy. In the early 2010s, the firm began to move away from pure media and libel work towards reputation protection for a large corporate, non-celebrity clientele.

In 2012, Schillings acquired the information security firm Vigilante Bespoke. 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.

The company restructured its organisation in September 2013 and is now an integrated legal, risk management, IT security and investigation business. In 2023, the firm launched Schillings Communications. Schillings has offices in London, Miami, and Dublin.

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  1. 1984Founded Founded in London1

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