Kim Lalli—Wedlake Bell

Wedlake Bell has announced that Kim Lalli has been elected as the firm’s senior partner. This will be for a four year term that begins on 1 January 2017.

Kim is head of both the real estate group and the India group. She has been at Wedlake Bell for almost 14 years and is the firm’s first female senior partner. Wedlake Bell is committed to promoting the organic growth of talent on merit, and over a third of the firm’s partnership are female, with a total of 96 female fee-earners. In addition, Wedlake Bell is ninth (out of the UK 200) in terms of the percentage of equity partners who are female.

Kim says: “I am thrilled to have been elected as senior partner, having been at the firm for almost 14 years now, and feeling very much at home here and proud of what we have achieved in the time since I joined. When I joined the firm in 2003, I was only the fourth female partner. Real progress has been made since, which reflects the changing landscape of the legal profession. We are genuinely committed to equal opportunities for all, and I believe that Wedlake Bell’s commitment to merit and agile working has created a supportive environment where there is every opportunity for all members of the firm to fulfil their career aspirations.”