Milan-based M&A and Capital Markets partner Alberta Figari set her sights on a career in international law. After 22 years, she has never looked back.
Starting out as a Capital Markets attorney and transitioning into the Litigation department three years later, associate* Montse Ferrer has travelled an adventurous, nomadic path across four international offices. She credits a positive attitude and the willingness to change as catalysts for creating opportunity.
Caroline Firstbrook is the global Chief Operating Officer of Clifford Chance and has a background in strategy consulting and entrepreneurship. She reflects on the changing operational landscape of the legal sector.
General Counsel for the Bank of England, alumna Sonya Branch dissects the importance of team-based leadership, peer networks and a sense of perspective when tackling challenges.
Moscow office Managing Partner Victoria Bortkevicha tells us how history and an open-minded approach to opportunity took her on a different path to success.
Kate Gibbons, partner responsible for Global Knowledge, and Lynette Williams, Global Head of Client and Market Development, discuss the importance of thought leadership in building client relationships and developing your career.
Progress is being made, but the fact remains that we, and the profession, are not as diverse as we ought to be. There is more work to do. Women and men must have equal opportunities to do the substantive legal and client development work that is critical to their success.
Laura King is a partner and Clifford Chance’s Global Head of People and Talent. She shares her thoughts on the importance of gender diversity in law firms and legal departments today, and how to achieve it.
David Burgess, Publishing Director at The Legal 500, explains why The Legal 500 has worked with Clifford Chance to profile some of the firm’s successful female partners and associates from around the world.
Associate attorney general turned general counsel Tony West has an extended history with diversity – leading the constitutional review of the Defense of Marriage Act and helping shape the Obama administration’s approach to gay marriage. He shares the benefit of his experience and how he’s using it to improve diversity and inclusion within PepsiCo and the wider profession.