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Investors in People Gold Standard
Shoosmiths became the first top 100 law firm to achieve the Investor in People Gold Standard in September 2011. An elite band of just 6.6% of all UK companies have been awarded the Gold Standard.
To achieve this recognition, Investors in People undertook a rigorous nine-day assessment against 39 standard criteria plus an additional 157 criteria to achieve the Gold. Shoosmiths met 183 of 196 total criteria, surpassing the minimum 167 requirement for Gold status by 16.
This recognition is further supported by Shoosmiths placement in Legal Week's Employee Satisfaction Survey, where we were voted fifth in the top 100 law firms, the firm has featured in the top five firms for the six years running.

Highly Commended in the Law Society Excellence Awards 2010 for Client Service
Recognised for appointing non-legal account managers to work alongside our lawyers to champion client service on behalf of the client including sharing know-how, managing costs and listening to client feedback.
Highly Commended for the IHL training forum in the Client Training Initiative in the Legal Education and Training Group awards 2010 & Finalist for Education and Training Initiative of the Year in the British Legal Awards 2010
What GCs say about our IHL training:
“We consider Shoosmiths to be an extension of our own team and their flexible approach in providing support is invaluable. Their advice is both focused and commercial as a result of the efforts they have made to get to know our business and the legal team. They consistently provide clarity on fees and produce advice within agreed budgets”.
“Shoosmiths has provided us with a tailored package of support including the provision of training, know-how and trainee mentoring which delivers significant value to our business”.
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