Three Crowns LLP

Website Design and Development for one of the world’s leading international arbitration law firms, Three Crowns.

Sector: Law Firm

Redesigning Three Crowns’ website to drive user engagement and improved performance

SoBold have been working with Three Crowns since 2021. Initially managing their existing website, before engaging in a full website redesign and development project.

Launch website

The challenge

Three Crowns were dissilusioned with their current website, looking for a website with a more considered user experience and an uplift in design.

The results

30% year on year increase for total users

22% year on year increase for engaged sessions

10% year on year bounce rate reduction

Working with SoBold since: 2021

What we did

We initially conducted a UX audit of the current site to review the pain points, comparing it against their competitors, before looking ahead at what the key goals of the site needed to be.

New website data metrics

Success snapshot

30
%
Year on Year Gain for Total Users
10
%
Year on Year Bounce Rate Reduction

Establishing user journeys and flows

We combined the creation of user personas, information architecture, and high-fidelity wireframes to define the foundation of the site’s user experience.

Visual exploration

The visual exploration phase focused on enhancing Three Crowns' brand portrayal on the website.

We presented diverse moodboards, each designed to evoke specific feelings and target different user groups.

The key challenge was ensuring stakeholders understood the conceptual nature of these explorations without interpreting them too literally.

The importance of the 'Find a Professional' feature was a key finding of the UX audit.
User interface (UI)

Once the visual direction and wireframes were agreed, we were able to apply this to the design.

The 'People' page was a key focus throughout and one of the content elements was new Laywer photos.

As part of this project, SoBold liaised with photographers to provide a brief that was aligned with the look and feel of the new website.

The usage of gold in the images was something that we ideated in the visual exploration phase, and this coupled with strong images of buildings with a similar blend of colouring to the brand was key to differentiating Three Crowns from their competitors
Prepare the site for development

Once the design was signed off, SoBold created internal stylesheets and had multiple meetings internally to pass the design over to the development team.

The development phase is typically the least collaborative phase, whilst the SoBold developers are bringing the site to life.

The 'Careers' area of the site needed to be integrated with Team Tailor, an all-in-one recruitment software which meant multiple interactions with the Three Crowns HR team.

Usage of pillars in the imagery was used to portray strength and credibility
Visual exploration

The visual exploration phase focused on enhancing Three Crowns' brand portrayal on the website.

We presented diverse moodboards, each designed to evoke specific feelings and target different user groups.

The key challenge was ensuring stakeholders understood the conceptual nature of these explorations without interpreting them too literally.

User interface (UI)

Once the visual direction and wireframes were agreed, we were able to apply this to the design.

The 'People' page was a key focus throughout and one of the content elements was new Laywer photos.

As part of this project, SoBold liaised with photographers to provide a brief that was aligned with the look and feel of the new website.

Prepare the site for development

Once the design was signed off, SoBold created internal stylesheets and had multiple meetings internally to pass the design over to the development team.

The development phase is typically the least collaborative phase, whilst the SoBold developers are bringing the site to life.

The 'Careers' area of the site needed to be integrated with Team Tailor, an all-in-one recruitment software which meant multiple interactions with the Three Crowns HR team.

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