The Lawyer
How many times have you heard a member of the LGBTQIA+ community share that they have hidden part of their personal lives during their career? Yet, even once they have come out of the closet, it feels as if the door slams shut again with each new job, position, colleague… At the start of my […]
Despite the Disabilities Discrimination Act being around for over 25 years, disability is one of the ‘last taboos’ which needs to be tackled for true inclusivity in the legal sector. Former global managing partner at Clifford Chance Matthew Layton became an advocate for disability inclusion in the legal sector in the latter part of his […]
Why is Pride month important? Its value is not so much about celebration in my view, but creating a point in time to remind everyone why we are discussing these issues. The truth is that, whatever we might think from the comfort of Western Europe, freedom to identify openly in the workplace as LGBTQ+ is […]
Angeli Arora moved to South Africa and started an Africa-focused PE practice from scratch with no contacts or experience in the market.
Greetings from Japan, the only G7 country without any country-wide protections for LGBTQIA+ rights or recognition of LGBTQIA+ relationships. Many visitors to Japan often find this fact to be a surprising contrast to Japan’s progressive and technologically advanced image. Unfortunately, the journey towards equality in Japan is stuck on the slow local train, instead of […]
Name: Hannah Crawford Organisation: Kirkland & Ellis Role: Partner Location: London Trained at: Sidley Austin Year qualified: 2015 Read her Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? The feeling of starting from a position of no knowledge of a topic to working the answers and solutions out through analysis and discussion – a skill that set […]
The invitation to share some reflections on Pride Month has caused me to reflect more deeply on my relationship to “pride” in a work environment than I have done, consciously at least, before. The centring of “pride” by the Gay Liberation Front in the UK and US, and other gay liberation groups across the world, […]
Former Ashurst senior partner Charlie Geffen considers the unique challenges of the A&O Shearman merger.
“My career has certainly not been one straight line from trainee through to partner. There have definitely been bumps along the way.”
My journey to being out at work has taken in several different firms and spanned literally thousands of miles but has underlined, at least for me, that institutional support is key for LGBTQ+ people to be openly out and to thrive in the workplace. I started my career in Perth, Australia fresh out of university […]
Working in law can be difficult but incredibly rewarding regardless of a persons’ level of qualification. Different and unique obstacles arise early into a lawyer’s career starting with their route to qualification, should they wish to qualify. Non-exhaustively; be that what is considered a traditional route paralegal – training contract – solicitor, specialising into a […]
Name: Geoffrey Bailhache Organisation: Simpson Thacher Role: Partner Location: London Trained at: SJ Berwin Year qualified: 2005 Read his Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? I remember being a bundle of nerves! Very excited about starting, but with no idea what I was letting myself in for. Thankfully I […]