Gender Pay Gap Report

We want Freeths to be a place of opportunity and possibility, for our people, clients and communities. 

Seeing that in action at all levels of the firm, where staff from all backgrounds can belong and succeed, is a key priority for us.

Our pay gap reports are one of the tools we use to help us better understand our firm profile, the challenges we face in growing a diverse workforce, and where we can make high-impact changes to support our commitment. Our Board, Senior Management Teams and Employee Networks are fully committed to driving the change required to reduce and, over time, eliminate our pay gaps. 

This year, I’m incredibly proud to share the progress we’re making. We’ve narrowed the median gender pay gap and bonus gap for our employees, as well as the median gender and ethnicity pay gaps for our Partners. This tells us that the work we are doing is moving us in the right direction.

We have worked hard to understand our remaining gaps, which you’ll see explained within this report.

We know that lasting change takes time, which is why it’s important to act right now. Some things might not be solely in our gift to change, such as the demographics of the wider legal sector and student pipeline, which continue to attract more women entering the profession. So, we use our data to identify what we can influence. 

These priorities will sit alongside our embedded, ongoing work to actively build diverse talent pipelines, to challenge our recruitment and promotion processes to ensure inclusivity and diversity, to develop individual and corporate cultural awareness, and to provide opportunities for all our talented people to grow their long-term careers with Freeths, in line with their personal circumstances and motivations. 

All these actions are helping to drive change, and I’m delighted to present this report as evidence of our transparency, accountability and progress.

Philippa Dempster | Senior Partner & London Managing Partner

• Gender Pay Gap Report - 2024
• Gender Pay Gap Report - 2023
• Gender Pay Gap Report – 2022
• Gender Pay Gap Report – 2021
• Gender Pay Gap Report – 2019(inc 2018) Jan 2021v2
• Gender Pay Gap Report – 2018v2