60% of the 113 senior promotions, which have 16 lawyers making partner, are of women
Women have dominated MinterEllison’s latest promotions round, which the firm said is its biggest since before the pandemic struck.
The firm welcomed 16 new partners, 18 special counsel, 72 senior associates, an executive director, a director and 5 senior managers. Of the 113 elevated, 60% are women.
“Having more women in partnership and leadership positions is a crucial diversity and inclusion priority,” CEO and managing partner Virginia Briggs said. “I am pleased how transparent, accountable and focused we are to achieve this target. Our offices, business units and practice groups are accountable to this gender and equality target and we are working towards the 40:40:20 partnership target of any gender by 2025.”
She explained that the massive promotions cycle “reinforces the firm's strategic direction, including our agenda for growth.” In addition to serving as a response to client demand in popular fields like capital, financial and transactional solutions, insurance, workplace, tax, litigation, construction and property, the elevations also reflect the firm gearing up for expected growth in the health, real estate, funds management and infrastructure sectors, MinterEllison said.
The new partners are as follows:
Capital markets and corporate
Consulting solutions
Disputes, competition and insurance
Infrastructure, construction and property
Briggs praised the new additions to the partnership as lawyers who are “switched on to clients' business needs of today and those emerging: ESG, workplace leadership and culture governance, digital transformation, regulatory risk, cyber security, and energy transformation.” In particular, she highlighted Veiga, who heads up the firm’s recently established workplace investigation practice; Veiga serves as the executive co-sponsor of PRIME and of MinterEllison’s LGBTQ+ network.
At present, 45% of MinterEllison’s board is composed of women. Half of the firm’s office managing partners are women, and female lawyers make up 33% of its partnership.
The promotions took effect on 1 July.
