LexisNexis, Chambers & Partners Announce Agreement to Feature Chambers Rankings on martindale.com(R)

LexisNexis and Chambers & Partners have agreed to make Chambers’ lawyer rankings and commentary accessible via martindale.com®. The addition of Chambers rankings is part of a broader LexisNexis effort to transform martindale.com through the introduction of new tools and new sources of data, rankings and commentary.

Chambers & Partners is a highly respected, independent, London-based research and publishing company providing rankings of business lawyers and law firms throughout the world. LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell® operates martindale.com, the premier information and networking resource for sophisticated buyers and sellers of legal services.

The addition of the influential and widely recognized rankings by Chambers complements trusted Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings^SM and the recently launched Client Review feature on martindale.com as part of a larger effort by Martindale-Hubbell to enhance its website with third-party insights and intelligence. This combination of resources will give users a complete 360 degree view of more than a million lawyers worldwide and will help legal buyers to find, evaluate and select counsel.

"The relationship with Chambers & Partners is an important milestone in the transformation of martindale.com into the most comprehensive and credible source of data, ratings and commentary about law firms and lawyers worldwide,” said Ralph Calistri, CEO of Martindale-Hubbell and senior vice president of Global Client Development at LexisNexis.

"Putting indications of our rankings on the Martindale-Hubbell website will increase its usefulness for those seeking a business lawyer,” said Michael Chambers, CEO of Chambers & Partners. "The link to our own website will increase access to all our rankings and commentaries, and this will benefit those leading lawyers we have ranked in our publications.”

Beginning in February 2009, a Chambers & Partners icon will appear next to those profiles of lawyers and law firms on martindale.com that have been recognized with a ranking from Chambers. Clicking on this icon will open a window linked to the Chambers website showing rankings and editorial commentary.

Other site enhancements to martindale.com introduced this year include an agreement with LinkedIn to give users an easy way to find and use connections through the broad LinkedIn online network, the addition of video content on lawyers and law firms, blogs, and the beta launch of Martindale-Hubbell® Connected (www.martindale.com/connected) – a global, online networking community built specifically for legal professionals.

About Chambers

Chambers & Partners (www.chambersandpartners.com) is a highly respected independent London-based research and publishing company providing rankings of business lawyers and law firms throughout the world. Chambers rankings are based on a lawyer’s technical legal ability, experience, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness, diligence, commitment and other qualities valued by the client. They are compiled from thousands of in-depth interviews with both clients and lawyers conducted all year round by a team of 100 full-time researchers.

About LexisNexis®

LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management, corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets. LexisNexis originally pioneered online information with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. A member of Reed Elsevier (NYSE: ENL) (NYSE: RUK) (www.reedelsevier.com), LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with 18,000 employees worldwide.