As Linklaters yesterday (9 June) became the second Magic Circle firm after Allen & Overy to put in place gender diversity targets, senior partner Robert Elliott explained to Legal Business why partners have voted to set a target of 30% of all partner promotions to be made up of women and how they plan to double their female management figure to that ratio by 2018.
Elliott, who has been a member of the women into boardrooms initiative The 30% Club for two years ‘in a personal capacity’, is the highest ranking lawyer at Linklaters with a hands-on role in helping the firm meet its new diversity targets. He will be flanked by London-based projects partner Fiona Hobbs and Spanish litigation partner Francisco Malaga.
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