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{{about|the former British law firm|its successor|A&O Shearman}}
{{Outdated as of|2024|05|01}}
{{short description|Multinational law firm}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2012}}
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* George Allen
* Thomas Overy}}
| key_people = {{plainlist|
* Wim Dejonghe<br /><small>Senior Partner</small>
* Khalid Garousha<br><small>Managing Partner</small>}}
| company_type = [[Limited liability partnership]]
|dissolved={{end date and age|30 April 2024}} (merger with [[Shearman & Sterling]])
| homepage = [http://www.allenovery.com/ www.allenovery.com]
}}
'''Allen & Overy LLP''' (
==History==
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==Diversity and inclusion==
In 2018, the firm has faced criticism over diversity and [[gender pay gap]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/138eb3ae-b1c4-11e8-8d14-6f049d06439c|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211181222/https://www.ft.com/content/138eb3ae-b1c4-11e8-8d14-6f049d06439c|archive-date=11 December 2022|url-access=subscription|title=Latest Allen & Overy figures show 39% gender pay gap|newspaper=Financial Times|date=6 September 2018|last1=Thompson|first1=Barney|access-date=17 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
* '''Gender'''. In 2010, Allen & Overy announced that it was offering full equity partners the option to work part-time. The move was hailed as a
* '''LGBT+'''. Allen & Overy's [[LGBT+]] network, A&Out, which was launched in 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allenovery.com/corporate-responsibility/diversity-inclusion/Pages/Promoting-LGBT-inclusion.aspx|title=Promoting LGBT+ inclusion - Diversity and inclusion - Allen & Overy|website=www.allenovery.com|date=20 September 2021}}</ref> supports its members by hosting a variety of events that aim to raise awareness of LGBT issues, and to allow members to network.<ref name="pinknews.co.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/10/09/vote-for-the-pinknews-award-for-business-equality/|title=Vote for the PinkNews Award for Business Equality|date=9 October 2017}}</ref> Allen & Overy was ranked in the top 100 of the [[Stonewall Workplace Equality Index]] 2018, an audit of workplace culture for LGBT+ staff in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stonewall.org.uk/full-list-top-100-employers-2018|title=The Full List: Top 100 Employers 2018|date=24 January 2018|access-date=2 June 2018|archive-date=7 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007062857/https://www.stonewall.org.uk/full-list-top-100-employers-2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017, Allen and Overy advised Stonewall on the [[Alan Turing law]] on a [[pro bono]] basis. The Alan Turing law is an informal term for the [[law of the United Kingdom|law in the United Kingdom]], contained in the [[Policing and Crime Act 2017]], which serves as an [[amnesty law]] to [[pardon]] men who were [[Police caution|cautioned]] or convicted under [[sodomy law|historical legislation that outlawed homosexual acts]].<ref name="pinknews.co.uk"/>
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