Linklaters names New York-based antitrust partner as new US global practice head
06 April 2021
Thomas McGrath replaces the Diageo-bound Tom Shropshire with immediate effect
Thomas McGrath Linklaters has named competition lawyer Thomas McGrath as its new US global practice head, replacing Tom Shropshire who is leaving the firm after more than two decades to become general counsel at drinks giant Diageo. McGrath begins his four-year term immediately, and will be responsible for spearheading the magic circle firm’s US growth and to help enhance its global cross-border capabilities. He also becomes a member of the firm’s executive committee. Gideon Moore, Linklaters’ managing partner, said: “I know [McGrath] will do a great job ensuring we continue to build and retain a best-in-class global US practice.”
Employee Benefits 15th January 2021 1:54 pm
Global law firm Linklaters has reported a 20.7% mean gender pay gap among more than 5,000 employees, as at April 2020. It has also voluntarily chosen to disclose its ethnicity pay gap data, finding a 10.8% mean difference.
Due to the Covid-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, gender pay gap reporting regulations have been suspended for the 2019/2020 period, however, Linklaters has chosen to voluntarily reveal these figures, as well as reporting its ethnicity pay gap figures.
Linklaters’s median gender pay gap for employees is 38.8%, as at April 2020, compared to 35.7% at April 2019.
Its median gender pay gap for bonuses paid during the reporting period in London is 58%, compared to a 34.8% bonus payment gap the previous year. The mean gender pay gap for overall bonus payments is 52%, compared to 47.4% over the previous reporting period. Over the reporting period, 67.1% of female employees and 64.4% of male employees received bonus payme