Our culture & values
People are at the heart of our business
We are respectful, open and supportive. We value diverse ideas, perspectives and experiences. In fact, the smooth running of our business and our innovation depends on our colleagues having a wide range of skills, mind-sets and experience.
Everyone at Boyes Turner has a part to play, a valuable viewpoint and ideas that matter.
Increasing the diversity of our workforce and ensuring that we are representative of our clients and community is important to us. This is not about creating a policy that gathers dust in a drawer. This is about taking action and continually striving to improve.
Change is being driven by our people. Working parties, with colleagues from across the business, are focussing on the four strands that form our three-year equality, diversity and inclusion strategy.
Our values
Whether you’re launching, scaling or looking ahead to your next chapter, our teams are built to support businesses like yours.
Collaboration
Teamwork is key. We know that by working hard, sharing knowledge and supporting each other, across teams and across the firm, we create the best work for our clients.
Community
Our people make the difference. Collectively we are friendly, welcoming, kind, and charitable.
Trust
We believe in the abilities of our people and give them the responsibility to work autonomously, which engenders positive freedom of thought across the firm.
Excellence
We pride ourselves on the quality of our service and work we deliver for our clients.
Living our values
From legal walks to pride talks and marathons to Christmas charity hampers, there’s a lot that goes on every year at Boyes Turner that many of our teams are passionate supporting, it brings a great sense of togetherness and achievement in the many things we do and support.
I started in a secretarial role at the firm 16 years ago and after a few years, started building the Group’s Brand Guardianship offering. The Partner in our Group supported me and In 2011, I completed the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys’ paralegal course and exam. Since then, I have continued to grow our branding work and undertake regular training to continue to increase my knowledge, with constant support from our Head of Group.
We care about workforce diversity
We believe diversity in the workplace is beneficial for not only our business, but for our employees too. Here at Boyes Turner, we pride ourselves on making sure all of our employees feel included, valued, have the tools available to develop their skills and are motivated to do well in their career. We hire people with different backgrounds, skills, and experiences as this often leads to broader spectrums of creativity within the teams and often helps us build better relationships with our clients.
My career has developed immensely during my 7 years with the Firm, having gained promotions to Associate, Senior Associate and Partner in this time. The Firm has supported me hugely in my own professional development and has given me a great opportunity to enhance my skills to achieve my career aspirations. With the right attitude, the career development opportunities at the firm are vast, and I am proud to now support and assist colleagues in progressing their own careers.
Recognised leading UK law firm
Boyes Turner is consistently ranked as a leading law firm by top legal directories Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500.
