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Amélie PIRONNEAU
Human Resources Director
WHAT IS THE MOTIVATION FOR GIDE’S CSR POLICY IN TERMS OF HR?
It is absolutely essential for the promotion of talent: our firm has a significant proportion of young lawyers, averaging around 30 years old. The expectations of these young professionals have changed radically in relation to those of the previous generations. They are now much more aware of CSR, and much more demanding as regards the professional environment they choose to work in.
WHAT IS YOUR PRIORITY?
One of our priorities is to foster diversity, more particularly gender balance. To do so, we must reach a fair equilibrium: first, create the right conditions so that a greater number of women project themselves as, and reach the status of, partners; and second, recruit more men into our support staff population, which is still overwhelmingly made up of women. The first point is, of course, a CSR issue, but it is also a business issue, as we want to attract the best
and be in line with our clients’ reality, with an increasing number of women joining corporate legal departments.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PROGRESS SO FAR?
We have been in an interesting dynamic for several years now, driven by the Executive Committee. We pay particular attention to the career paths of our lawyers so that they feel supported by the firm in their professional advancement choices.
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