Norton Rose Fulbright Partners with Kinaway!
Overview of the Partner’s business
Norton Rose Fulbright provides a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions. The global law firm has more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across more than 50 locations worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg, covering Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. With its global business principles of quality, unity and integrity, Norton Rose Fulbright is recognized for its client service in key industries, including financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; technology; transport; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets.
How has the Partner engaged with the Indigenous sector? What actions have they taken to reconciliation?
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands and waters of Australia, the lands and waters on which we meet each day. We pay our respect to Elders past and present and we extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Reconciliation and closing the social, economic and health gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians is an important issue for the Australian business community and Norton Rose Fulbright.
Our Stretch RAP reflects the next evolution of our reconciliation journey at Norton Rose Fulbright in Australia. It builds on the progress we have made under our two previous RAPs, reaffirms our commitment to continuing our journey, and challenges us to achieve new targets as we pursue our vision for reconciliation. This vision is stand with Australia’s First Nations peoples, provide them with platforms for their voices to be heard, and create pathways and opportunities for meaningful participation in our firm and our community.
Our RAP sets out actions that will help us increase business and employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It also details our commitment to building cultural awareness amongst staff, and provides opportunities for our people to be involved in meaningful and long lasting reconciliation initiatives.
We are proud that our pro bono legal practice has a strategic focus on supporting First Nations communities and a commitment to direct more than 10% of our annual pro bono hours to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and organisations.
Why did the Partner sign up with Kinaway? What was the driving factor?
We are 5 years into our journey as a joint venture partner in Jaramer Legal and we are keen to build on that by now expanding the ways in which we engage with Indigenous commerce.
How does the Partner hope to benefit from their partnership with Kinaway?
In a direct way, we are keen to support the growth and develop of Indigenous businesses because it is one of the key sectors from which Jaramer Legal draws its clients. Otherwise, through our experience with Jaramer Legal, we have developed an understanding and appreciation that the growth and development of indigenous business is a vital and highly successful means to address past and present inequities, and we see Kinaway as an important way to support that growth and development.