Fear and hope
Dominic Carman
Featured in our Diversity Report (October 2021)
Dominic Carman examines how law firms are under pressure to ‘talk less and do more’ in response to multiple diversity challenges.
Diversity is complex. Those tasked with managing its multiple challenges in UK-based law firms are under increasing pressure to change the profile and composition of their lawyers – at speed and scale. But in conservative and stable organisations, this takes time – or so they say. Much centres on recruitment of diverse talent and retention of that talent. The challenges are diverse too: balancing, for example, recruitment of white working class men (statistically, the most educationally disadvantaged group) with Black women (the most under-represented group at partnership level). How diversity matters to those
August 2023 News
Securitisation and Cayman Orphan SPVs – Part Three
In the final article in a series of three, Paul Trewartha and Simon Lawrenson, Partners at Mourant Hong Kong, examine the key features of a securitisation vehicle and the advantages of utilising an Orphan SPV in the Cayman Islands for a securitisation transaction. In the first article of the series Securitisation and Cayman Orphan ...
July 2023 News
Cream of Jersey: best in class
Dominic Carman meets with the managing partners of Jersey’s elite law firms to discover how they are rising above economic challenges to deliver growth Enjoying a preeminent reputation as a major international finance centre that is both stable and at the forefront of international regulation, Jersey is often cited as a best-in-class offshore jurisdiction. ...
