Introducing the Equity Project
- Diversity in law
The Equity Project is an award-winning initiative focused on enhancing gender and racial diversity in law. Burford has created a comprehensive guide to help women and racially diverse lawyers and their law firms understand how The Equity Project can help.
Highlights from the guide include:
- Introducing The Equity Project
An explanation of what The Equity Project is, how it works and how women and racially diverse lawyers (and law firms and clients that are committed to promoting diversity) can leverage the capital pool.
- Key takeaways from a recent survey of GCs
Highlights from a recent survey: What’s Driving the Commercial Disputes Leadership Diversity Gap, a report based on 66 interviews with general counsel and other senior in-house lawyers responsible for litigation at companies in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia.
- Equity Project Champions
A comprehensive list of our current Equity Project Champions.
44%
of GCs have formal diversity requirements for law firm teams, though many make informal requests.
≤20%
of equity partners at large firms are women
$150M
pool of capital earmarked for financing commercial litigation and arbitration matters led by women
Reach out to our team
New York
Aviva Will
President
New York
Liz Bigham
Chief Marketing Officer
Chicago
Alyx Pattison
Senior Vice President
New York
Carrie Tendler
Special Counsel
Chicago
Kate Tellez
Senior Vice President