Sentences with phrase «of women partners»

When we look at the total number of women partners in venture capital firms, they have declined from the low number of 10 % in 1999 to only 4.2 % today.

Additionally, the percentage of women partners has not increased since 2008.

And while a little more than half of firms sponsor firm - wide meetings of women partners, only 29 per cent of firms consider such events to be effective.

Firms that fail to optimize the leadership potential of women partners are wasting - and losing - a critical resource.

Every firm genuinely committed to advancing women into leadership will want to have one or more of its women partners participate.

More than 80 % of the women partners in firms that give origination credit reported they were occasionally or frequently denied their fair share of that credit.

Even excluding the period before women entered firms in large numbers, the number of women partners would only be 21 percent.

The past year has also seen the proportion of women partners at Magic Circle firms rise slightly from 16 % to 18 %, with Linklaters leading the field with a 22 % female partnership.

At larger firms of 50 or more partners, the number of women partners falls to 29 %, although this still represents a 4 % improvement on 2014 (25 %).

A recent panel of women partners on Bay Street, sponsored by Young Women in Law and the Ontario Bar Association, offered a very candid discussion of «Women on the road to partnership.»

This is why regular gatherings outside the office of women partners and associates can help many women develop the emotional resiliency and toughness necessary to practice law.

At her previous law firm, Folger Levin & Kahn, Karen served at various times as chair of the recruiting committee, chair of the business development committee, chair of the associates» development committee, co-chair of the women partners» group and chair of the sexual harassment committee.

More significantly, 55 % of these women partners reported they were occasionally or frequently denied their fair share of origination credit, two - thirds were uncomfortable with appealing their compensation decisions, and 30 % were subjected to intimidation, threats and bullying when they did express disagreement.

WILEF also introduced diversity of women partners as a factor this year.

Given it takes three years to boost the proportion of women partners by 1.4 percentage points, at this rate it will take 64 years for male / female representation at the senior level in law firms to be 50:50.

A 2014 study by Babson College revealed that the proportion of women partners in U.S. venture - capital firms declined from 10 percent in 1999 to 6 percent in 2014.

This important study identifies the reasons for persistently low numbers of women partners in Massachusetts law firms.

«We have to figure out how to double the number of women partners at VC firms from 5 percent to 10 percent,» she said.

Leaving fault and intent aside, the latest survey from the National Association of Women Lawyers shows, once again, that the percentage of women partners — equity and nonequity — has barely budged over the last decade.

«It is quite an honor for the firm to have all of the women partners selected to this prestigious list.

Many younger female associates say they do not want to be like some of the women partners they see especially those who chose not to have children so they could devote their lives to their practice.

Legal Week research into female representation at partner level across the 50 largest UK law firms by revenue found a trio of regional firms emerging as the most female friendly partnerships, with Berrymans Lace Mawer overall having the largest proportion of women partners in the top 50, with almost 37 % of its partnership female — virtually double the average.

And, sadly, law firms will not see significant increases in the number of women partners or women managing partners.»

A recent survey of 700 women partners found that 8 % of women partners were de-equitized last year.

But after all these years, women who rise to the top of law firms remain the exception rather than the rule, and the number of women partners and leaders remains woefully small: nationwide, women still represent only 16 % of equity partners, 6 % of top leadership positions, and less than 1 % of the most highly compensated partners.

Deloitte increased the number of women partners, principals and directors from 97 in 1993 to 617 in 2003; it has had the highest percentage of women in these positions of the Big Four consulting firms every year since 1997, and was the first to have a woman board chair.

Although women make up about a third of the legal profession and 42 % of associates at major firms, the number of women partners in those firms remains low (16.30 %) and the number of women in firm management and leadership roles is even smaller.