The number of female partners in law firms
By: Stephen Hockey
December 16, 2019
The slow march to equality has gone backwards for women in corporate law firms after a slump in the rate of women being promoted to Partner says Hannah Wootton and Michael Pelly in their article in the Financial Review on 13th December 2019.
In summary they argue that we are no further forward than we were three years ago, despite the best efforts to promote the benefits of having a more diverse and inclusive partnership.
Those firms who come out the strongest (EY & Banki Haddock Fiora) have a relatively small total partnership with only Norton Rose Fulbright and Ashurst's appearing in the top 10, both having in excess of 100 total Partners.. and these could only manage 34% female partners. This debate has been going on for far too long with many firms having a 50:50 intake ratio only for this to be decimated as you look further up the firms.
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