The challenge

Adrian Sandru is a lawyer with a PhD in law, specializing in corporate and commercial legal consulting. His practice advises businesses on compliance, corporate structuring, and commercial matters — but his online presence didn’t reflect the caliber of his work. He needed a website that projected authority and professionalism while also serving as a publishing platform for legal articles and commentary.

The requirements went beyond a typical brochure site: a robust content system for regularly publishing legal analysis, a dark mode for comfortable reading, site-wide search so visitors could find relevant articles quickly, and contact forms for client intake.

Our approach

We chose WordPress with Elementor as the platform — the right balance of design flexibility and content management simplicity for a practice that would be updating the site regularly without developer involvement. The focus was on three things: a design direction that feels appropriate for legal without being stuffy, a content architecture that puts articles front and center, and quality-of-life features (dark mode, search) that signal attention to detail.

The work

Week 1: Design and structure. Established the visual direction — a restrained palette with serif typography for headings, professional photography, and generous whitespace. Built the page hierarchy: homepage, about, practice areas, articles and news, and contact.

Week 2: Content system. Set up the article publishing workflow — featured articles with prominent placement, category tagging, excerpt cards with thumbnails, and individual article pages with a clean reading experience. Configured the CMS so new posts follow the design system automatically.

Week 3: Features and polish. Implemented dark mode across every page and component. Built site-wide search with category filtering and result previews. Created the contact forms with appropriate fields for legal intake.

Week 4: Testing and launch. Cross-browser testing, mobile responsiveness, performance optimization, content population, and handoff with a walkthrough for the client on managing articles independently.

4 weeksFrom kickoff to launch
FullDark mode across all pages
Built-inSite-wide search with category filtering
0Developer hours for new content

What we delivered

A website that matches the professionalism of the practice it represents. The article publishing system gives Adrian a platform to share legal analysis and build authority in his field, while dark mode and site-wide search show the kind of thoughtfulness that corporate clients notice. The WordPress backend means new content goes live without a developer in the loop.