The total moves up from eight per cent a year ago. Simmons & Simmons is first in the legal sector, coming 6th overall. Baker & McKenzie is second (in 19th place), followed by Cameron McKenna and Herbert Smith (in joint 30th place). Other firms reaching the ranking include Pinsent Masons and Eversheds (joint 45th) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Norton Rose Fulbright (joint 66th). Freshfields contributed to the ceremony announcing the awards, the Stonewall Top Employers 2014. Source: Stonewall