Freshfields bans “Dear Sirs” from all communications worldwide
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the first magic circle firm to officially ban “Dear Sirs” from all of its communications and legal documents,The Lawyer can reveal.
The male-oriented salutation has been replaced by a number of gender neutral equivalents across its global network.
In the UK the firm will now address all communications to “Dear Sir or Madam”, while in the US all correspondence internally and to clients will start with “Dear Ladies and Gentlemen”. Equivalents in Cantonese, Mandarin and the European languages have also been agreed across Freshfields’ global network.
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