Pinsent Masons, BCLP and Baker McKenzie star in Stonewall list of top 100 LGBT-inclusive employers
updated on 21 January 2019
Pinsent Masons has been named the UK’s most inclusive employer by LGBT-rights charity Stonewall, while Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) and Baker McKenzie are the other law firms to rank in the top 10 in Stonewall’s top 100 employers index for 2019.
As well as making the top 10 of Stonewall’s prestigious rankings, all three firms were also singled out for praise for their trans-inclusivity. Pinsent Masons, the overall top LGBT-inclusive employer in the UK, demonstrated a range of inclusive policies and practices for lesbian, gay and bi staff, and has introduced specific trans-inclusive staff training to create a welcoming environment for trans colleagues, clients and visitors. The firm also been actively involved in championing LGBT equality across the UK, including supporting the campaign for marriage equality in Northern Ireland and working with school partners to build inclusive learning environments for young people.
Sixteen law firms overall ranked in Stonewall’s top 100 employers. Ordered by ranking, they are:
- Pinsent Masons (1)
- BCLP (2)
- Baker McKenzie (10)
- Dentons (15)
- Travers Smith (25)
- Norton Rose Fulbright (32)
- Hogan Lovells (34)
- Allen & Overy (37)
- Clifford Chance (37)
- Linklaters (51)
- DWF (59)
- Evershed Sutherland (66)
- Slaughter and May (70)
- Trowers & Hamlins (83)
- Gowling WLG UK (98)
Richard Foley, senior partner at Pinsent Mason’s, said: “This is a very special achievement for us. It isn’t about reaching the top spot; it’s about what the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index stands for and what everyone engaged in it is working so hard to accomplish. Pinsent Masons was the first law firm to be ranked in the Index in 2008. Today the legal sector is represented by 16 firms. Our ranking recognises that like many other organisations we are championing LGBT+ inclusion in everything that we do. Pinsent Masons has created an inclusive workplace that enables everyone to be themselves; from our recruitment processes through to our engagement with clients.”
