Hausfeld & Co LLP

We run a number of initiatives specifically focused on social justice work aimed at clients who may otherwise not have the means to bring litigation, applying pro bono or flexible fees, which promotes inclusion by offering equal opportunity to the lesser heard, as does fighting claims which hold governments, institutions and corporates to account.   

As part of our 2025 pro bono initiatives, the firm has signed up to three exciting volunteering opportunities covering three different free legal advice schemes: Queen Mary Legal Advice Centre (QMLAC), Royal Courts of Justice Advice, and the LawWorks Unpaid Wages Project, which are open to both lawyers and paralegals and which support clients who need it most. For more info.  

In January 2026, our Pro Bono Committee launched a new initiative in partnership with the Soup Kitchen at 55 Whitfield Street. The Soup Kitchen does incredibly important work supporting homeless, elderly, isolated, and vulnerable people across London. To help with these efforts, we’ll be sending up to two volunteers each month to serve food on the second Wednesday. The initiative is open to all Hausfeld staff, and everyone is welcome to get involved.  

We also commit to DEI through our own actions and the work we do. We are a gender diverse firm: 62% of our London team (both lawyers as well as business support) and 52% of our lawyers are female and have an excellent track record of promoting women with 71% of the 2026 London promotions being female. We invest in home grown talent: all partner promotions in the last 6 years started as associates at the firm. Our London Managing Partner, Nicola Boyle is female.  

The Global Management Group comprises 54% women, and the vast majority of our senior business professionals are female (75%). Despite being a small firm, we have a very active DEI task force which organises a lot of DEI initiatives.   

We mainly work around FIVE main pillars:    
1. embrace diversity, 2. commit to equity cultivate inclusion, 3. cultivate inclusion, 4. Advance causes through casework and 5. Community engagement.     

During 2025, we:   

• Raised funds for charities such as The Sutton Trust, IntoUniversity, Advocate, and The Access to Justice Foundation during the annual Brick Court Chambers Dragon Boat Race.  

• Marked Mental Health Awareness: several lunchtime walks to raise awareness about the importance of mental health in the workplace.  

• Celebrated Black History Month: visit Nigerian Modernism at the Tate Modern to reflect on identity, creativity and resistance, and a meaningful way to connect with post-colonial history through art; a lunchtime book club session to discuss themes of the books.    

• South Asian Heritage Month: a panel of colleagues and external speakers shared who shared personal stories of growing up between cultures, building successful careers in law and finance, and how their understanding of heritage has evolved over time.  

• The LGBTQ+ organises several insightful events thorough the year as part of Transgender Awareness Week, International Week of Deaf and Pride Month,      

• Menopause: the launch of a Menopause Ally and the Black Cardigan initiative; dedicated podcasts on #menopausematters (Law Care Webinar, Passle and Is it Legal podcasts).    

• Adopted structured interviewing and training to mitigate unconscious bias.  

• Hired interns from the King's College Springboard Scheme During Summer which includes students from a whole range of backgrounds that are underrepresented.  

• Offered work experience to Year 12 students at UCL Academy to offer insight into what it is like working in a law firm and the different roles they could follow in the legal industry.  

• Continued the raft of initiatives redefining workplace norms to enhance our employees’ well-being and work-life balance in a supportive environment. They are agile working hours, flexible working patterns, competitive paternity leave, life events policy, well-being days, volunteering days, flexible bank holiday and summer policy.  

• A member of the Law Firm Anti-Racism Alliance (LFAA), a group changing the way institutions deal with racial inequality.  

The firm’s wider DE&I initiatives and social justice cases Our pro bono work