Australia—Gadens Sydney (now Dentons) is proud to have been recognised for its diversity achievements at the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law Awards 2016. Gadens Sydney (now Dentons) was awarded Diversity Law Firm of the Year and Sydney Employment and Safety lawyer, Katherine O’Regan took home the Young Gun of the Year Award at the ceremony held at the Sofitel in Melbourne on 27 October.

Louise Massey, Diversity Champion for Gadens Sydney (now Dentons) said, “Diversity and inclusion are priority areas for us and the firm has a significant focus on gender diversity, flexibility, culture and LGBTI.

“We understand that having a diverse workforce better equips us to deliver exceptional value and service to our clients and we have made it our focus to implement policies that promote and support diversity, flexibility and inclusion.

“The importance of a diverse workforce is also well understood by our clients and we’re increasingly seeing demand for diversity and gender initiatives and solutions from the major banks and large corporations.

“Supporting and mentoring our young female lawyers as they progress through their careers is so important and it’s fantastic to see Katherine O’Regan one of our talented young lawyers awarded Young Gun of the Year.

“We’ve worked hard as a firm not only to implement diversity initiatives but also to ensure that those initiatives are supported at all levels within the firm and it’s wonderful to see the firm’s achievements in this space recognised.”

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