Bingham McCutchen LLP

Practicing in the firm's domestic and overseas offices, Bingham McCutchen's corporate attorneys serve clients ranging from small and emerging entrepreneurial businesses to the world's largest multi-national corporations. We make their objectives our own, drawing on extensive experience in all dimensions of corporate representation to deliver strategic business perspective as well as pragmatic, efficient legal approaches.

Our strengths span corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, public and private equity financings, domestic and cross-border transactions, and corporate governance matters. Clients also look to us for our leadership capabilities in commercial technology, intellectual property and strategic transactions. And, to address the challenges and opportunities of today's uncompromising business environments, we draw on Bingham McCutchen's capabilities in areas such as tax, employee benefits, executive compensation, investment management, estate planning and international corporate matters.

Diversity: An Inclusive Workplace

Through every phase of our development as a global, market-leading firm, our diversity program has consistently played a critical role in our culture, business and values.

Bingham is proud to be recognized for our ongoing commitment, including by FORTUNE magazine, MultiCultural Law magazine; Minority Law Journal; and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. This recognition reflects the success of key elements of our initiative:

·         A Diversity Executive Committee that is made up of 12 practicing partners who focus on three areas: recruiting, attorney development and business development. The committee works with partner, associate and staff representatives as well as firm leadership to implement our Diversity Action Plan.

·         Formal employee resource groups such as the Bingham Pride Network, which are leveraged to design creative recruitment avenues, increase retention and promote top diverse talent at the firm.

·         A series of Affinity Group Retreats for lawyers of color and LGBT lawyers, which provide an opportunity to spend concentrated time together discussing key diversity issues in workshops and coaching-oriented sessions.

·         A robust Women's Mentoring Program and a signature Celebrating Women series, which provides an opportunity for us to celebrate our female clients and friends at a variety of cultural events.

·         We offer many scholarship and mentoring opportunities, all designed to enhance our recruitment, retention and development of diverse talent. On that front, we are pleased to announce the launch of our 2013 Thurgood Marshall Fellowship for law students.

Strategic Partnerships

We recognize the value of partnering with external organizations to further understand the role diversity plays in our global economy and how we can continue to develop and evolve our programs.

JFK50: Justice for All

A partnership between Bingham and the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library Foundation, JFK50: Justice for All, seeks to inspire and engage a new generation of Americans -- business executives, community leaders, educators and young people -- to act on President Kennedy’s call for “equal rights and equal opportunities… to treat our fellow Americans as we want to be treated.”

Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

Bingham is a member of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity whose vision is to significantly advance diversity and inclusion in our profession. Comprised of corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners, the group is committed to drive material change in our institutions and in the profession generally.