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Corporates sign up to female equality in arbitration pledge launched by Boies Schiller and Freshfields partners

Corporates sign up to female equality in arbitration pledge launched by Boies Schiller and Freshfields partners
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24 May 2016
Gender diversity

Energy giants BP, ConocoPhillips and Shell are among the first corporates to sign up to a pledge for gender equality when selecting arbitrators launched by senior partners at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Boies, Schiller & Flexner.

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