‘You don’t get a choice about whether you’re a role model’ – shifting the LGBTQ+ dial in law
Gatehouse Chambers property and probate silk Brie Stevens-Hoare KC on coming out, fitting in and how the profession needs to…
Gender diversity
Sponsored briefing: Addressing the gender imbalance
We ask three of DLA Piper’s female M&A stars some of the most pressing questions currently facing women in the…
Sponsored Q&A: Michal Berkner, senior M&A partner at Cooley in London
Michal Berkner is one of the most distinguished M&A lawyers in Europe, advising on some of the region’s most complex…
Women deal stars prove you can have it all – but don’t worry men, you are Kenough
Chatting with a male managing partner recently about – what else – the hire of Kirkland’s debt superstar Neel Sachdev…
The Last Word: Gender agenda
‘Firms have to be flexible and acknowledge they may have fantastic senior associates who want to put their partnership ambitions…
Alphas revisited: Private equity stars
Victoria Sigeti, Freshfields Legal Business first named Freshfields’ Victoria Sigeti a rising star in 2016 while only a year into…
Alphas revisited: Finance stars
Sinead O’Shea, Simpson Thacher Showcasing a striking client list that includes the likes of KKR, Viridian, JPMorgan, First Reserve, Silver…
Alphas revisited: M&A stars
Caroline Rae, Herbert Smith Freehills Herbert Smith Freehills’ Caroline Rae is something of a torchbearer for female success in M&A. Last…
Alphas revisited: Mid-tier stars
Karen Hendy, RPC While horror stories have become increasingly rare in recent years, RPC’s head of corporate Karen Hendy recounts…
Sponsored briefing: The influence of diversity in M&A
Emma Danks, partner and co-head of Taylor Wessing’s international corporate group shares her experience on how the M&A industry has…
Big Law’s diversity stats remain uninspiring – time to revisit the problem of social mobility
As we go to press on Legal Business’ third annual ESG report, the data points gathered on firms’ ethnicity and…
L500 UK: Gender diversity hits new high – time to focus on the elephant in the room
It’s fair to say that legal directories have come in for more than their fair share of flack over the…
Women leaders: Women of the revolution
‘There’s finally a new wave of senior leadership and it’s in the form of smart women. Whatever the reason, I…
The Legal 500 View: The gender agenda: the rankings and firms making progress on diversity
Legal 500 editors Georgina Stanley and Ben Wheway take an in-depth look at gender diversity in the latest Legal 500…
Record year for ethnic minorities in latest silk round but number of female applicants falls
Clydes, HSF, Freshfields and White & Case arbitration partners among new QCs A record 22 applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds…
Scotland: Art of the possible
Wherever you look, there are women filling legal roles that had previously appeared closed to them in Scotland: Lorna Jack…
Mind the gap(s) – more of the same old inequality and fudged statistics prevalent in Big Law
The second season of gender pay gap reporting has again laid bare the stark disparities between men and women throughout…
In-house leaders sign letter urging law firms to ramp up diversity efforts
A group of 65 general counsel (GCs) spanning major companies from the UK and Europe has collectively signed a letter…
The future is female – women lawyers outnumber men in UK as the in-house boom continues
In a landmark for the legal industry that nevertheless raises some uncomfortable truths, the number of working female solicitors in…