Lawyer Demographics Linklaters

Linklaters LLP (www.linklaters.com)

Basic Information Compensation & Benefits

1345 Avenue of the Americas Recruiting Contact: 2015 compensation for entry-level lawyers ($/year) 160,000 Linklaters LLP Ms. Jennifer Katz-Hickman Summer Compensation New York, NY 10105 Legal Recruitment Manager 2015 compensation for Post-3Ls ($/week) 3,077 Organization Size: 2600 1345 Avenue of the Americas 2015 compensation for 2Ls ($/week) 3,077 Office Size: 200 New York, New York (NY) 10105 2015 compensation for 1Ls($/week) 3,077 Hiring Attorney: United States Mr. Paul Hessler Phone: 212-830-9502 [email protected] Hiring Attorney #2: Partnership & Advancement Mr. Justin Storms Does the firm have two or more tiers of partner? Yes How many years is the non-equity track? How many years is the equity track? Lawyer Demographics

Partner/Member Associates Counsel Non-traditional Track/Staff Summer Associates Attorneys Men 36 88 9 0 12 Women 7 64 5 3 11 Total 43 152 14 3 23 Latinx Men 1 4 0 0 0 Women 0 2 0 0 0 White Men 32 57 4 0 5 Women 6 33 3 0 5 Black or African American Men 1 2 0 0 2 Women 0 2 0 0 0 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Men 0 0 0 0 0 Islander Women 0 0 0 0 0 Asian Men 1 14 3 0 4 Women 1 20 0 3 4 Native American or Alaska Native Men 0 0 0 0 1 Women 0 0 1 0 0 2 or More Races Men 1 3 0 0 0 Women 0 4 0 0 2 Persons with Disabilities Men 0 0 0 0 0 Women 0 0 0 0 0 LGBTQ Men 3 9 0 0 1 Women 0 2 0 0 2

Linklaters LLP (www.linklaters.com)

Pro Bono/Public Interest

Ms. Karen Carbonell Pro Bono Manager 212-830-9519 [email protected] Is the pro bono information indicated here firm-wide or specific to one office? Office-specific % Firm Billable Hours last year Average Hours per Attorney last year 37 Percent of associates participating last year 80% Percent of partners participating last year 31% Percent of other lawyers participating last year 44%

Professional Development

Evaluations Semi-annual Does your organization use upward reviews to evaluate and provide feedback to supervising lawyers? Yes Rotation for junior associates between departments/practice groups? No Is rotation mandatory? No Does your organization have a dedicated professional development staff? Yes Does your organization have a coaching/mentoring program Yes Does your organization give billable hours credit for training time? Yes

HIRING & RECRUITMENT

Began Work In Expected LAWYERS 2013 Prior Summer Associates 2014 Prior Summer Associates 2015 Laterals 16 11 Laterals (non-traditional track) Post-Clerkship 1 Entry-level 26 26 19 18 22 Entry-level (non-traditional track) LL.M.s (U.S.) 1 1 LL.M.s (non-U.S.) 1 1 SUMMER Post-3Ls 2Ls 20 22 20 1Ls 2 1 3

Number of 2014 Summer 22 2Ls considered for associate offers Number of offers made to 21 summer 2L associates General Hiring Criteria Top 25% of class. Interest in commercial litigation, banking, regulatory, international governance, restructuring/insolvency, antitrust, corporate, securities, finance, project finance, structured finance and tax. Fluency in any of the following languages is a plus: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish.

General Practice Areas

GENERAL PRACTICE AREAS EMPLOYER'S NO. OF NO. OF NO. OF NO. OF NO. OF PRACTICE PARTNERS/MEMBERS COUNSEL ASSOCIATES ENTRY-LEVEL NON-TRADITIONAL GROUP NAME PLACEMENTS TRACK/STAFF IN THIS ATTORNEYS PRACTICE AREA LAST YEAR Business, Corporate Antitrust 2 1 4 1 Banking, Finance Banking 6 3 19 1 Bankruptcy Restructuring & 1 1 3 Insolvency Business, Corporate Capital Markets 15 4 57 Business, Corporate Corporate 7 2 28 1 Government, Regulatory, Financial 1 2 Administrative Regulation Business, Corporate Investment 3 7 Management Litigation Litigation 3 1 18 Banking, Finance Project Finance 2 1 6 Energy Tax Tax 3 1 10

Diversity & Inclusion Diversity Contact: Ms. Lucy Makepeace Diversity Website/URL: http://www.linklaters.com/Responsibility/Pages/Diversity.aspx

Organization Narrative Linklaters LLP is a leading global law firm that has been advising the world's premier companies, financial institutions and governments on their most important and challenging assignments for over 175 years. With more than 2,600 attorneys based in 29 offices in 20 countries, we deliver an outstanding service to our clients anywhere in the world. We boast a strong U.S. practice in New York and Washington, D.C., that is reinforced by a global network of U.S. lawyers extending across the world's major business and financial centers, including: Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Singapore. Our team of over 200 U.S. qualified lawyers delivers integrated advice across multiple legal regimes and market practices, covering transactional, regulatory, disclosure, compliance, litigation and liability management issues globally.

We offer you the opportunity to gain global transaction experience, and to practice U.S. law in our offices with U.S. capability around the world. Our global U.S. Summer Associate Program is run out of our New York office. Many of our summer associates are interested in potentially starting their career overseas, and therefore request to split their summer between New York and another office. We anticipate opportunities for summer associates in New York, London, Hong Kong, Frankfurt and Sao Paulo in 2016. Other offices may be available on a case-by-case basis, and relevant language skills are preferred for certain locations.

Demographic, practice area and employment information refer to Linklaters' U.S. practice, which is located in 12 offices worldwide including: Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, New York, Paris, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Singapore and Washington, D.C.

Go to http://www.linklatersuscareers.com to learn more about our U.S. summer program.

For more information on our global U.S. practice visit http://www.linklaters.com/WhatWeDo/Practices/US-Law/Pages/Index.aspx?WT.sp=Primary

Other offices not practicing U.S. law include: Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bangkok, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Munich, Rome, Shanghai, Stockholm, Tokyo, Warsaw.

NALP is committed to helping make the legal profession accessible to all individuals on a non-discriminatory basis. NALP is opposed to discrimination based upon actual or perceived gender, age, race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, parental, marital, domestic partner, civil union, military, or veteran status.