Withers Bergman LLP

In today's competitive global markets, Withers' corporate clients need carefully crafted, bespoke legal advice.

Our global team of corporate lawyers has the depth and diversity of knowledge to advise on issues that arise over the entire life cycle of a company, from securing investment, to structuring executive pay, to completing mergers and acquisitions.

We excel at working with corporate clients both large and small, new and long-established and domestic and international. With our extensive experience in private capital as well as advising on the personal and corporate issues, we can also find solutions to thorny regulatory problems and advise on day-to-day operations. In 2016, we were involved on projects worth more than US$5 billion across industries such as hotels and hospitality, pharmaceuticals, luxury products and banking and finance.

Public and private companies

Our global team of corporate solicitors combines several complementary areas of high-level experience, having represented hundreds of private companies and over 100 public companies. US partner David Guin has written dozens of articles and book chapters about family businesses and investments. In 2015 the US corporate practice was further strengthened with the arrival of Ridgway Barker and his team, whose broad breadth and depth of experience, across a wide range of sectors, has greatly enhanced the firm’s appeal.

In Asia, partner Anthony Indaimo brings years of experience as a trusted advisor to luxury brand owners and world-class athletes and was named among the best corporate attorneys in the Spear’s 500 guide. Mabel Lui, based in our Hong Kong office, is one of most respected business lawyers in the region, having advised the foreign investor in the first Sino-foreign joint venture in China in 1979, as well as advised one of the first H share issues by a Chinese corporation with dual listing on the Hong Kong and New York Stock Exchanges in 1993. These corporate lawyers and many more pool their experience to find the best solution for each and every client.

Whether we’re helping a Japanese bank to invest in a San Francisco cryptocurrency start-up, or advising an Indian education entrepreneur in the acquisition of a stand-alone international school in Singapore, we put our worldwide corporate law knowledge to work for our clients.

Private capital

Advising successful people around the world means we understand the unique legal issues surrounding private capital. This can range from investment, structuring and control of cross-border investments to the corporate and personal tax issues created. As a full-service firm, we are able to call on leading colleagues from other areas of business law such as corporate tax, litigation, real estate, immigration and wealth management to handle all your corporate needs under one roof.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to enhancing diversity within the workplace.

We recognize and value the benefits that a diverse workforce can bring to the organization. Diversity is not limited to gender and ethnicity, and includes factors such as religion or belief, disability, age, marital status and sexual orientation. All our employees and Partners are responsible for the promotion and advancement of equality and diversity within the Firm.

Much of our work on diversity in the last three years has been about putting good monitoring tools in place to ensure that we understand where the gaps are within our workforce, making changes to our strategies and communicating our policy on equal opportunities and diversity to our staff and training those involved in managing and recruiting others.

Since 2002, Withers has experienced a period of growth. The expansion of our client base has highlighted our clients' need for a highly skilled and diverse workforce. The business need to support diversity is evident and Chris Priestley (a Partner in our Commercial group) has been nominated to ensure that Diversity is high on the partnership agenda.

Diversity Audit

In 2006 we undertook our first diversity audit of our workforce, monitoring age, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity and disability. New joiners are monitored on an ongoing basis. Our diversity statistics are published below.

Communication of our commitment to Diversity

Each year our staff are asked to acknowledge their understanding of and commitment to the Firm’s Equal Opportunities Policy as part of our annual audit.

Our Supervisors and Partners receive training to ensure they understand their obligations in implementing our equal opportunity policy in the workplace.

In addition, all interview panelists are trained in the Firm’s approach to diversity and given guidance on our structured skill based approach to interviewing.

Promotion and Access to Development

Opportunities for promotion are communicated and made available to all staff on a fair and equal basis. A skills framework is used in all promotion, appraisal, and pay discussions to ensure a consistent and fair approach across the Firm.

Selection of candiates for promotion to 'Of Counsel or Partner' status is undertaken by a panel of Withers Partners, whose selection decisions are based upon technical expertise and pre-defined partner competencies.

Training is made available to all staff and Partners in line with our business needs. Training needs are recognized formally via our appraisal process, which is objective and skill based, to ensure a fair and equal approach.

Recognition for Diversity

Withers was ranked 2nd (out of the top 100 law firms) for having a high percentage of female equity partners in The Lawyer Career Report Survey 2006.

Withers also ranked 2nd (out of the top 50 firms) for Diversity with respect to women and ranked 1st for Diversity with respect for Gay and Lesbians in the Vault survey 2006.

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