Magic Circle partner promotions: numbers fall but gender diversity improves
Marco Cillario assesses the latest rounds at London’s big five The overall number of partner promotions at Magic Circle firms…
Gender diversity
An ill wind… The LB100 leadership debate
Alex Novarese, Legal Business: How is the market generally? Lee Ranson, Eversheds Sutherland: Most of the managing partners around this…
Gender diversity: pay gaps revealed at Addleshaw Goddard, Mishcon de Reya and Gowling WLG
A fuller picture of the legal industry’s gender pay gap issue is emerging as Addleshaw Goddard, Mishcon de Reya and Gowling…
Gender diversity: Allen & Overy faring better than rivals as it reveals 20% pay gap
Allen & Overy has become the latest magic circle firm to reveal the sizeable gulf between male and female employee…
Comment: Law firms will never just hand status to City women – they’ll have to take it
In a blow for traditionalists, our latest cover feature eschews profiling a group of hard-working, smart, highly-confident men who are talented…
Alphas – the hunt for female deal stars (and why it’s hard to be a City woman)
‘You will have to go out and find the women – they won’t come to you,’ warns Travers Smith partner…
M&A/Corporate
Aedamar Comiskey and Jessamy Gallagher, Linklaters Linklaters’ head of corporate Aedamar Comiskey (pictured above) stands as one of the few…
Private equity
Claire McDaid, Willkie Farr & Gallagher While it is always difficult to untangle the platform from the individual, Willkie Farr…
Finance
Yen Sum, Sidley Austin Operating in some of the most fluid areas of finance, restructuring and funds specialist Yen Sum…
Mid-tier
Penelope Warne, CMS The gracious style of CMS UK senior partner Penelope Warne (pictured above) belies a practitioner with rock solid…
Women deal stars: plenty to celebrate so ditch the understatement
In a blow for traditionalists, our latest cover feature eschews profiling a group of hard-working, smart, highly-confident men who are…
For what they’re worth – Links, 2Birds and Pinsents among law firms disclosing chunky gender pay gaps
The UK’s top law firms have begun disclosing figures on gender pay gaps, with an initial round of numbers showing…
#MeToo: Dentons launches investigation and puts partner on leave amid reports of sexual misconduct
With the recent #MeToo campaign shining a light on sexual harassment and misogyny across every industry, a Dentons partner has been…
The last word: Speaking out
With the recent Weinstein revelations shining a light on sexual harassment and misogyny across every industry, we ask senior lawyers…
A retrograde step as Bar Council ends nursery scheme after four years
Despite launching in 2013 after a six-year campaign effort to support working parents, the Bar Council has this week discontinued…
Comment: The answer to law firms’ social ills is not another league table
Have we reached peak aspirational employer league table yet? From the perspective of the legal industry we certainly should have,…
Answer to law firms’ social ills is not another league table
Have we reached peak aspirational employer league table yet? From the perspective of the legal industry we certainly should have,…
Legal profession lacks diversity in partnership despite changing demographic of profession
The number of female practice certificate (PC) holders increased yet again by 3% to 67,393 from 65,147 as at July…
‘Enhancing our approach to development’: A&O drops annual appraisals in performance pilot scheme
Allen & Overy (A&O) confirmed today (4 May) that it has been running a performance pilot scheme for the last…
US partner promotions: Latham makes up two in the City as female promotions dwindle
Ever expanding US heavyweight Latham & Watkins has added two to its City office in a global round of 27…