26%
women partners (global)
Our Achievements
We are proud of what we have achieved so far, from being the first global law firm to set a gender goal for women partners, to the introduction of contextual recruitment and most recently, being named the global law firm that most women would like to work for by Acritas. Here are some more of our statistics.
12%
racially/ethnically diverse partners (global)
36%
women in senior management roles (global)
44%
women promoted to partner in 2020
31%
of UK trainee hires for 2019 were from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds
53%
of U.S. 2018 summer associates were racially/ethnically diverse
27%
of our colleagues are members of Pride+, our global LGBT+ & Allies Network
Our Awards
2019
Top Ten Firm for Gender Equity
Yale Law Women
2019
Gold Standard Certification in the United States and UK
Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF)
2019
Asian Diversity Initiative of the Year: Pride+
Asia Legal Awards
2017-2019
Top 75 Social Mobility Employer
Social Mobility Employer Index
2016, 2019
The Most Inclusive Firm for Minority Lawyers
Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards: USA 2019
2012-2019
Best Law Firms for Women (eight consecutive years)
Working Mother & Flex-Time Lawyers
2012-2019
The UK's Top 50 Employers for Women (eight consecutive years)
The Times
2011-2019
Top 100 Employers Workplace Equality Index (nine consecutive years)
Stonewall
2010-2019
100% Score on Corporate Equality Index (10 consecutive years)
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
2018
Best Gender Diversity Initiative by an International Law Firm
Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards
2018
Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality
Human Rights Campaign
2018
The Best Law Firms for Women in the 600+ Lawyers category
Law360
2018
Top 100 Diversity Scorecard
The American Lawyer
2018
CSR / Diversity Initiative of the Year
British Legal Awards
2018
The Global Law Firm That Most Women Partners Would Like To Work For 2018
Acritas
2017 & 2018
One of the UKs Best Employers for Race
Business in the Community (BitC)
2017-2018
A Top 50 employer on the Social Mobility Employer Index (two consecutive years)
Social Mobility Foundation and City of London Corporation
2017 & 2018
UK Top 30 Employers for Working Families List
Working Families
2017
National Equality Standard (in recognition of our work to address issues of equality, diversity, and inclusion in the UK)
Administered by the consulting group EY
2016
Best International Firm for Minority Woman Lawyers
Euromoney Women in Business Law
