Reed Smith has disclosed its ethnicity pay gap and bonus pay gap in the U.K. for the first time as part of its wider gender pay gap reporting for 2019.

The report, which takes details the ethnicity of 90% of Reed Smith's staff and partners across its London and Leeds offices, reveals that, with a 72% white, 11% black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) partnership, the ethnicity pay gap at partner level stood at 2.3% in favour of BAME partners.

However, among all staff, that gap widens considerably to 11.9%. However, the gap swings again in favour of BAME staff to 8.8% in favour.