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Revealed: females make up less than 10 per cent of top 100's equity partner ranks

As a female junior equity partner I have to say that having children is not the main reason it is difficult to progress. I don't have any children and am just as committed to the long hours and the BD as my male colleagues (if not more so). However despite having fantasic relationships with my existing clients, I struggle to get acquire new clients because, quite simply, it's still a man's world out there at boardroom level. Most decision makers in clients are men - and they simply feel more comfortbale building their network with their men. As do the men in the partnership. The Boys Club is still alive and thriving. I don't blame the men - I think both genders find it easier to build trust with their own gender to a certain extent. But it does mean that even women who choose to play by the law firm rules are not playing on a level field. Add to that the different behavious between genders and you find that partnerships made up mostly men reward male behaviours.

25-Oct-2012

12:07 pm