The Women in Law debate: The challenge of you Georgina Stanley Building on last year’s cover feature on the City’s star female deal counsel, Legal Business teamed up with Freshfields Bruckhaus…
Comment: Women redefining City law – a few teachable moments and the odd necessary evil Georgina Stanley When high-profile GCs still talk of being mistaken for a PA (as BT’s Sabine Chalmers was not that long ago),…
Latest #MeToo episode emerges as Reed Smith dismisses partner following complaint Thomas Alan Reed Smith has dismissed a partner in its London office after a complaint of sexual harassment, it has emerged. Originally reported…
The Legal 500 view: We’ll be championing women but we need your help Georgina Stanley Rankings, by definition, are never going to please everyone (nor should they). But, as the new UK editor of The…
Law Society pushes firms for increased transparency on partner pay gaps Thomas Alan The Law Society has called for uniformity in law firms’ gender pay gap reporting in a bid to ‘get ahead…
Macfarlanes holds hands up to significant gender pay gap at partner level Tom Baker In another stark example of the disparity in the treatment of men and women within City law, Macfarlanes has revealed an…
A&O matches Magic Circle’s sluggish gender pay gap progress after finally releasing partner pay stats Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy’s (A&O) response to criticism over its failure to disclose the pay gap between male and female partners has…
Different origins, same excuses: Kirkland, Bakers, Weil Gotshal and Mayer Brown reveal UK gender pay gap stats Nathalie Tidman US-based firms Kirkland & Ellis, Baker McKenzie, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Mayer Brown have revealed the gulf between male…
Eversheds and HFW disclose gender pay gaps for partners but calls mount for an end to cherry-picked stats Hamish McNicol The one-upmanship and tactical disclosures from law firms are gradually revealing more about entrenched gender pay gaps. Next up, Eversheds…
Collective shame as City law falls firmly under #MeToo spotlight Thomas Alan Thomas Alan finds profession facing tough questions over record on sexual harassment From the Presidents Club charity dinner to the…
‘It’s a promotion problem’: what the gender pay gap figures tell us so far Marco Cillario Marco Cillario rounds up the latest stats as the April deadline looms And so it begins. The first gender pay…
‘It’s about doing the right thing’ – Clifford Chance goes extra mile to reveal stark 66% gender pay gap Tom Baker In an attempt to kick-start a more transparent reporting process, Clifford Chance (CC) has opted to include the total earnings…
Pinsents calls for level playing field and more transparency as it reveals partners gender pay gap Hamish McNicol Pinsent Masons has disclosed the earnings gap that hands male partners 22% more than female colleagues on average as it calls…
Freshfields trounces rivals as Global 100 firms release gender pay stats Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the penultimate Magic Circle firm to publish statistics on the disparity between male and female…
Upping the ante: City Law feels pressure on transparency as Big Four includes partners in gender pay stats Thomas Alan The Big Four accountancy firms have set a precedent for their legal counterparts by disclosing updated gender pay gap figures…
Progress but still work to do on Bunhill Row as Slaughter and May discloses gender pay disparity Thomas Alan Slaughter and May has become the latest magic circle firm to reveal a difference in pay between its male and…
Gender disparity underlined as Law Society reveals stark gap in perceptions over equality Thomas Alan It appears the recent wave of awareness over the treatment of women in all industries has done little to dispel…
Women deal stars perspectives – Amy Mahon, Clifford Chance Nathalie Tidman ‘Star culture dictates that 50-year-old men are seen as the real deal. To be a good deal-doer it’s not only…
Women deal stars: perspectives – Penelope Warne, CMS Marco Cillario ‘Compared to ten years ago, in some ways it’s easier for women and in some it’s more difficult. It is…
Women deal stars: perspectives – Tamara Box, Reed Smith Marco Cillario ‘My career has been a tale of reinvention and creativity. I have been very lucky in that I have worked…
