Representation across our partnership and workforce

It is important to us that we are building a partnership and workforce that reflects the diversity of our clients and communities. In FY2025, we continued to advance gender balance and broaden representation across recruitment:

• Partner recruitment: 60% of lateral partner hires were women, exceeding our 50% target and improving on last year’s 45%.
• Partner promotions: Women accounted for 46% of new partner promotions (6 of 13) – just below our equal split ambition but higher in absolute numbers than FY2024 (5 out of 10).
• Inclusive recruitment: 32.3% of UK hires came from underrepresented groups, maintaining strong performance above our threshold and building on last year’s 30.6%.

While percentages can fluctuate with small cohorts, the overall year-on-year trend is positive: more women promoted and sustained progress on inclusive hiring. We will continue to focus on readiness for senior roles and targeted outreach to support representation.

It is important to us that we are building a partnership and workforce that reflects the diversity of our clients and communities. In FY2025, we continued to advance gender balance and broaden representation across recruitment:

• Partner recruitment: 60% of lateral partner hires were women, exceeding our 50% target and improving on last year’s 45%.
• Partner promotions: Women accounted for 46% of new partner promotions (6 of 13) – just below our equal split ambition but higher in absolute numbers than FY2024 (5 out of 10).
• Inclusive recruitment: 32.3% of UK hires came from underrepresented groups, maintaining strong performance above our threshold and building on last year’s 30.6%.

While percentages can fluctuate with small cohorts, the overall year-on-year trend is positive: more women promoted and sustained progress on inclusive hiring. We will continue to focus on readiness for senior roles and targeted outreach to support representation.

It is important to us that we are building a partnership and workforce that reflects the diversity of our clients and communities. In FY2025, we continued to advance gender balance and broaden representation across recruitment:

• Partner recruitment: 60% of lateral partner hires were women, exceeding our 50% target and improving on last year’s 45%.
• Partner promotions: Women accounted for 46% of new partner promotions (6 of 13) – just below our equal split ambition but higher in absolute numbers than FY2024 (5 out of 10).

• Inclusive recruitment: 32.3% of UK hires came from underrepresented groups, maintaining strong performance above our threshold and building on last year’s 30.6%.

While percentages can fluctuate with small cohorts, the overall year-on-year trend is positive: more women promoted and sustained progress on inclusive hiring. We will continue to focus on readiness for senior roles and targeted outreach to support representation.