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Burges Salmon named best law firm to work at for the third year in a row

Posted: 7th February 2024

UK leading provider of news and views on the legal sector, RollOnFriday, has named Burges Salmon the ‘Best Law Firm to Work at 2024’

Burges Salmon is delighted to announce that it has been named the RollOnFriday ‘Best Law Firm to Work at 2024’, an accolade that the firm has achieved for the third year in a row.

With the majority of the firm participating in this year’s survey, respondents have the opportunity to rate how satisfied they are with their career development, pay, management, work/life balance and their firm’s culture. Burges Salmon has historically performed very well in the RollOnFriday survey and today’s hat-trick of results underscores the firm’s distinguishable and positive culture in UK legal sector, which is deeply rooted in delivering an exceptional service to its clients.

Burges Salmon’s Managing Partner, Roger Bull, says: “To have been named the RollOnFriday ‘Best Law Firm To Work At’ in both 2022 and 2023 was great. But to find out that we are the only law firm to have achieved this significant accolade for a third year in a row is simply tremendous.

“These important wins for our firm mean so much and we are thrilled, as this award recognises our collaborative and unique culture, which is reflected through the positive feedback that we receive from clients. The fact that the results are solely based on our people’s individual opinions makes this achievement even more meaningful. We take immense pride in this recognition, which is a testament to the commitment and passion that all of our people have for our clients, for supporting one another, and for fostering a wonderful, vibrant firm-wide culture.”

Further demonstrating its commitment to its people and communities, in 2023 Burges Salmon was named one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Women for third year runningwon the Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing Champion of the Year award at the 2023 Bristol Law Society Awardswas recognised as the Overall Leader 2023 in the Lamp House Strategy Responsible Business Annual Report, and saw recognition for its commitment to, and expertise in, climate change, sustainability, and governance in The Legal 500 Green Guide.

Roger Bull concludes: “At Burges Salmon, our purpose is to ensure that our clients, our people and our wider communities continue to flourish. A culture of fairness and support runs through the heart of our business and that’s why we’re so proud to be crowned as the best law firm to work at in the UK for the third year in a row.”

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