My Net Worth: Laura Scampion, managing partner at DLA Piper

My Net Worth: Laura Scampion, managing partner at DLA Piper
Laura Scampion says if you're working under pressure, you've been given an opportunity and should regard it as a privilege. (Image: Supplied)
Ella Somers
Laura Scampion joined multinational law firm DLA Piper in mid-2011, became a partner in 2015 and took up her current role as country managing partner, which includes head of employment, in January last year. She has more than 20 years' experience in the UK and New Zealand helping large organisations with a broad range of issues and is known for her work on diversity and inclusion, in particular social mobility initiatives. Before DLA Piper, she was a senior manager at PwC and an associate at Collyer Bristow LLP. She lives in Auckland with h...

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