Independent UK law firm Burges Salmon has been recognised as one of Europe’s most innovative law firms by the Financial Times, with the firm scoring highly across the innovation, people and social responsibility leaderboards.
The FT Innovative Lawyers report recognises the best innovative legal work across Europe and highlights the firms and lawyers who are driving change in the sector. This year, around 620 submissions from 229 law firms and in-house legal teams were researched and benchmarked, with Burges Salmon breaking into the Top 50 law firm index in 45th position.
Projects put forward by the firm include its market-leading ESG practice boasting both a deep bench of experts and a raft of intuitive platforms and tools to provide strategic and operational advice to clients; its disability inclusion initiatives to better understand the experiences of disabled colleagues and reengineer the support the firm provides to meet these diverse needs; and its approach to charitable fundraising to tackle food poverty with the firm supporting more than 30 organisations under a single charitable theme – No Child Goes Hungry.
The initiatives saw the firm Commended in both the Talent and Skills and Sustainability and ESG categories with the latter highlighting the firm’s work for Oxygen Conservation, advising on all of its land acquisitions in the UK and supporting its ambition to ‘Scale Conservation’.
Roger Bull, Managing Partner at Burges Salmon, comments: “Innovation plays an important part in our promise to deliver exceptional service to our clients and to advance our people and communities. Being recognised by the Financial Times as a top forward-thinking law firm is a remarkable achievement and a direct result of our ongoing programme of investments to fine-tune solutions that truly add value for our clients and ensure we continue to be an exceptional place to work. This recognition is a testament to the hard work and creativity of our team, and we will continue to push the boundaries of innovation to help shape the future of our sector.”