On November 11, we welcomed 24 new protégés the firm’s D&I Associate Sponsorship Program, which is the centerpiece of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee’s efforts to retain, develop, and promote associates. Each year, we pair high-potential and high-performing members of the firm’s 10 affinity groups—in their fifth and sixth year of practice—with a member of Winston’s Executive Committee.

Women lawyers from the firm’s Paris and London offices recently gathered in Paris for the firm’s sixth annual Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) European Region Seminar. The day was filled with inspiring and enlightening presentations and concluded with a cocktail reception and guided tour of the historic Hôtel de la Marine in the heart of “the City of Light.”

Recent enforcement actions targeting a CEO, CFO, and an audit committee chair underscores the SEC's focus on gatekeeper accountability.