Female Partner Count Jumps Sharply For City Trio In Latest Promotions Round
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Women have comprised a large portion of the partner promotions at three City firms.
At least half this year's new partner promotions at Mishcon de Reya and Fieldfisher are women. At Stephenson Harwood they represented 40 percent of the new intake.
Mishcon has made up seven lawyers, with four women (57 percent) making the cut, while Fieldfisher, in its largest promotions round on record, bumped up 14 to partner, half of whom were female - both among the best diversity showings so far this year in the City.
At Stephenson Harwood, 13 made partner, with women making up nearly 40% of the count, the firm confirmed - a slight curtailment of last year's 50/50 tally.
Last year, Mishcon promoted two women in a six-strong cohort, while in a 10-lawyer round Fieldfisher made up just three women.
Michael Chissick, Fieldfisher managing partner said: “I am especially proud of the fact that of our 14 new partners, 50% were women – which demonstrates that the work we have been doing to increase the number of female partners at the firm is starting to pay off.”
For Mishcon, the figures contrast starkly with its latest gender pay gap numbers, on which it ranked among the worst-performing firms for parity. The largest median pay gap among its staff was 40.2 percent, which rose to nearly 50 percent among partners.
Fieldfisher posted a better staff hourly pay gap at 25 percent on a median basis, narrowing to 18 percent for partners.
On gender pay parity, other strong performers so far this year include Pinsent Masons, where nearly half the latest cohort was female, Allen & Overy - where just under a quarter of this year’s 34-strong global round were women - Linklaters and Eversheds Sutherland - each of whose latest partner count are a third female - and Taylor Wessing, where women account for three of the five City lawyers making the jump to partner.
Mishcon de Reya's 2019 partner promotions:
Justine Aytom, construction, London
Amanda Gray, art law, London
Joe Hancock, cyber, London
James Liffen, residential property, London
Rhymal Persad, dispute resolution, London
Janet Tobin, private client, London
Niki Stephens, corporate, London
Fieldfisher's 2019 partner promotions:
Edward Westhead, corporate, London
Fabian Reissinger, employment, Munich
Felicity Fisher, privacy, Silicon Valley
Helen Andrews, construction, Birmingham
James Corlett, brand development, Manchester
Katharina Weimer, technology, Munich
Marsili Hale, finance, London
Nick Phillips, real estate, Birmingham
Olivia Woolston Morgan, technology, London
Peter Sellar, regulatory, Brussels
Stephen May , dispute resolution, Birmingham
Tracey Wright, dispute resolution, London
Amy Reynolds, IP and technology, London
Dushal Mehta, personal injury, London
Stephenson Harwood's 2019 partner promotions:
Tom Adams, marine and international trade, London
Archie Campbell, finance, London
David Dowding, corporate, London
Darren Fodey, finance, London
Guy Harper, commercial litigation, London
Charlotte Heywood, commercial litigation, London
Naomi Leach, commercial, technology and outsourcing, London
Daniel Margolis, finance, London
Chun-Hui Lin, corporate, Beijing and Hong Kong
Katherine Liu, regulatory, Hong Kong
Yeeling Wan, commercial litigation, Hong Kong
Gregory Xu, banking, Singapore
Stuart Burrell, marine and international trade, Seoul
