Law Firm Partner Promotions - Page 11

Australian firm promotes eight partners, of whom six are female, as it continues on growth path

Promotions reflect firm’s core focus areas of asset management, M&A and disputes and investigations

Women make up half of this year’s cohort, up from 30% in 2021

Women make up nearly 60% of round that is more than double the size of last year’s

How leading firms are measuring up against their goals to promote more women to their senior ranks

Promotions round featuring two women sees lawyers made up in the UK, Paris and Zurich

Partner headcount at one of the country's biggest firms tops 55 following promotions and a recent spate of lateral hires

Just under half the cohort are women as global firm nearly doubles overall tally after trimmed-down 2021

Largest cohort since 2007 sees 37 lawyers made up as firm measures up to latest diversity targets

UK and Australia account for majority of new partners as gender balance puts firm on course to meet latest target

Chief executive Eifion Morris signals ongoing commitment to diversity as proportion of women dips from previous years’ even split

Women make up 36% of cohort dominated by banking and corporate

Ongoing strength of transactional market sees corporate and funds groups dominate

Twelve women included in largest cohort for UK firm since 2019

Move comes after Freshfields increased NQ salaries to £125,000 as talent war heats up