Top City law firms under pressure 'to promote women and minorities'

London law firms are under growing client pressure to promote more women and people from ethnic and other minorities, according to the new head of one of the largest firms.

Big firms were lagging behind other sectors on diversity and needed to do better for business reasons, said Simon Davies, managing partner of Linklaters.

His remarks come as leading firms - driven by customer comments, the threat of lawsuits and worries about recruitment - are setting up initiatives aimed at attracting t... (88 more words)

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