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    The Diversity Committee – in conjunction with our Diversity Management Department (DMD) – is charged with developing, implementing and coordinating the Firm’s diversity initiatives.

    Some of the Firm's diversity and inclusion initiatives are briefly described below.

    The Firm’s affinity networks—which are open to all lawyers—are integral to our efforts to maintain and enhance an inclusive workplace and community. The Firm currently has four active affinity networks: the Asian Associates Network (AAN), the LGBTQ+ Network, the Women's Initiative Committee (WIC) and the Network of Black & Latinx Lawyers (NOBLL). These networks meet regularly and offer candid forums for our people to seek advice, share experiences and discuss work-related issues. The affinity networks maintain bespoke mentoring programs for incoming associates and host a partner-led speaker series.

    The Firm is also very proud of its “S&C Celebrates Diversity” speaker series. In a recent program in this series, the Firm hosted Damon T. Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (LCCRUL). Mr. Hewitt discussed his work with the LCCRUL, how his time clerking for the Honorable Eric L. Clay influences his work today and the importance of focusing on the future while celebrating the past.

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    Participation in Firm Leadership

    BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and women partners hold several leadership positions in the Firm, including serving on the Firm's Management Committee and other committees, managing multiple offices, and heading many practice groups and practice areas. For instance:

    • BIPOC and women lawyers head or co-head the Firm's Beijing, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Palo Alto, Sydney, Tokyo and Washington D.C. offices.
    • LGBTQ+ lawyers head or co-head the Firm's Financial Institutions Group, Tax Group, Antitrust practice, Broker-Dealer Regulation practice and Intellectual Property (Litigation) practice.
    • BIPOC lawyers head or co-head the Firm's Executive Compensation Group, Tax Group, Africa practice, Antitrust –Europe practice, Commodities, Futures and Derivatives practice, Corporate Finance – Securities practice, Corporate Governance/ESG practice, Europe practice, European Union practice, Hong Kong Law practice, Infrastructure practice, Intellectual Property practice, Investment Management practice, Employment Law practice, Latin America practice, Natural Resources practice, Project Finance practice, and Sovereign Issuers practice.
    • Women lawyers head or co-head the Firm's General Practice Group, Litigation Group, Capital Markets Group, Mergers & Acquisitions Group, Africa practice, Antitrust practice, Bank Regulatory practice, Blue Sky/FINRA Clearance practice, California practice, Commodities, Futures and Derivatives practice, Corporate Finance – Securities practice, Corporate Governance/ESG practice, Cybersecurity practice, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act practice, Infrastructure practice, Insurance practice, Intellectual Property (Litigation) practice, Investment Management practice, Employment Law practice, Natural Resources practice, Private Equity practice, Product Liability and Mass Torts practice, Project Finance practice and Technology: Finance and Mergers & Acquisitions practice, Sanctions: AML practice, and Securities practice.

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