Slaughter and May named on Stonewall’s Top 100 Employers List for promoting LGBTQ+ inclusion

International law firm Slaughter and May has been ranked 16th in Stonewall's Top 100 Employers List and received a gold award in recognition of its work to create a welcoming environment for LGBTQ+ employees. Stonewall is Europe's largest charity for lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer (LGBTQ+) rights and its Top 100 Employers List is compiled through submissions to a free, voluntary benchmarking tool, the Workplace Equality Index.

The Top 100 Employers are selected by Stonewall for their excellent work in creating inclusive workplaces for their LGBTQ+ staff. Stonewall's Top 100 Employers List is the UK's leading ranking of employers from public, private and third sectors on how inclusive their workplaces are.

Deborah Finkler, Managing Partner, Slaughter and May, commented: "It is fantastic to see the firm included in Stonewall's Top 100 Employers List and recognised with a gold award. Our priority is to cultivate a high performing and inclusive culture where everyone at the firm feels that they can be themselves at work. It is important that we maintain respect and openness towards each other through our everyday interactions, living up to a principle of fairness in all our people processes and creating communities and spaces for LGBTQ+ staff and allies to come together."

Slaughter and May's LGBTQ+ employee network, PRISM, was established in 2009 and plays a key role in fostering an open working environment and creating networking opportunities for LGBTQ+ individuals and allies within the firm. PRISM also plays a central role in LGBTQ+ recruitment and is one of the firm's 11 employee resource groups.

The full Top 100 List can be found here.