Responsible Business

B Corp – part of a global movement, working to benefit people and the planet.

Bellevue Law is proud to be certified as a B Corp. This accreditation means that our business practices are certified on environmental, social and governance standards. We are committed to ensuring that business ethics, people and environmental considerations are integrated into how we operate as a firm and advise our clients.

At Bellevue Law, we have always sought to provide an alternative to the legal profession’s traditional focus on long hours and billing. In a sector which faces complex challenges in terms of workplace culture, wellbeing and professional ethics, we seek to deliver positive outcomes for our team, our clients and wider society.

A journey of continuous improvement

B Corps are businesses that are certified as demonstrating verified standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose.

At the time of our accreditation in March 2024, Bellevue Law was only the 15th law firm in the UK to become B Corp certified. We achieved a verified B Impact score of 88.6 points on certification, with 80 points required to certify.

The process of gaining certification has proved hugely worthwhile to us as a firm and a team. We are extremely proud to be part of a community of businesses working to benefit people and the planet.

Importantly, our B Corp certification not only commits us to publishing an Impact Report every year, but will establish a benchmark against which to measure our impact – we share the B Corp philosophy that being accountable is an important part of being a responsible business.

We are firmly committed to continuously improving our ESG impact on the path to recertifying as a B Corp in 2027, and will be monitoring our progress and reporting on it in each of our annual Impact Reports.

B Corp – a reflection of who we are as a firm

Our purpose, mission and values

Bellevue Law exists to provide a genuine alternative to traditional law firms, creating positive impact for our team, our clients and wider society and the environment.

Our mission is:

+ Attracting and retaining excellent lawyers and business operations professionals who share our values by offering high quality work, a healthy work-life balance, a good living, a supportive and friendly culture and fulfilling development opportunities.

+ Offering clients technically excellent, pragmatic and human legal support and fees which represent value.

+ Providing thought leadership on questions of business and workplace purpose, ethics and culture.

We strive to integrate our values of quality, ethics, culture, commercial pragmatism and growth and reward into our operations. We’re dedicated to ensuring we have a strong culture of inclusivity, diversity, and ethical practice in everything we do, aiming to reduce our environmental impact and support social causes as well as provide the very best legal service to our clients.

Our people commitment

We work hard to attract, retain and empower excellent lawyers who share our values. We do this by providing them with high-quality work, flexibility and a healthy work-life balance, a supportive and friendly culture and the opportunity to make a good living. In turn, our team provides an exceptional, personalised service to our clients while also achieving rewarding careers.

Our community commitment

Bellevue Law is also dedicated to being a responsible business within the many communities in which we work.

This includes our longstanding commitment to pro bono work – providing free legal advice “for the public good” – as well as helping to lead the way on questions of business and workplace purpose, ethics and culture.

We also commit to contributing 2% of pre-tax profit to good causes, with a focus on initiatives which champion the rights of women and girls, especially those vulnerable to discrimination or harassment. For many years, we have supported the Wandsworth Home-Start Christmas Carol Service and made a donation to Trinity Hospice for each client who completes our annual survey.

Our client commitment

Our clients are a natural and important part of the communities we support. We don’t simply view them as businesses and individuals to whom we deliver services, but as partners in creating a positive impact in a wide range of ways.

Our holistic approach means that we offer clients not only technically excellent legal advice, but also pragmatic and human support, and fees that represent good value.

We credit this approach with leading to exceedingly high levels of client satisfaction: every year since our first annual client survey in 2018, our clients have rated us over 9/10, on average, when asked how likely they are to recommend us to a friend or colleague. In 2025, clients gave us an average rating of 9.6/10 and our Net Promoter Score (a well-recognised measure of client satisfaction) was +91/100.

In 2026 we were also pleased to be awarded client satisfaction accolades by the Legal 500 directory in three out of four categories: Lawyer and Team Quality, Billing and Efficiency and Net Promoter Score (NPS NPS®), a globally recognised client experience metric. Performance is assessed over a four-year period and accolades awarded to the top 30% performing firms nationally (subject to market size and data validity).

Our commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion

Bellevue Law is committed to promoting justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in our legal practice, our operations and our broader impact. Here we set out what this commitment means to us, in practical terms.

What does justice, equity, diversity and inclusion mean to us?

While discussion about ‘DEI’ – diversity, equity and inclusion (or ‘JEDI’ if we also refer to justice) – is sometimes considered controversial, our commitment is simply to fairness, creating a more level playing field and ensuring everyone is respected and feels welcome. We believe these values are widely shared.

We aim to operate as a supportive and inclusive workplace for our team and to use our skills and resources to contribute meaningfully towards justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. For example, we provide pro bono legal advice and representation and work experience to young people from underrepresented backgrounds as well as flexible working for our own team.

We are also in the privileged position of being able to use our expertise to inform and influence debate about legal and cultural issues.

Our justice, equity, diversity and inclusion priorities

We recognise that many people from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds face particular barriers to building careers in the legal sector. So our justice, equity, diversity and inclusion priorities include promoting social mobility within the legal sector and increasing diversity within our own firm.

Additionally, as legal advisers on equality-related issues, we recognise that debates about these can sometimes be polarised and challenging. We are committed to ensuring our advice to clients reflects the law as it stands (including explaining where there may be uncertainty or ambiguity). We also recognise that reasonable people may differ about the best approach to particular issues (including within our own team), and support constructive, professional and respectful debate.

We recognise that there is always more that we can do to promote fairness, equality and inclusion, our practices and policies are regularly reviewed and evolving, and we welcome feedback from all stakeholders.

Our Founder and Chief Operating Officer are accountable for approving this commitment and ensuring it is reflected in how we operate our business, serve our clients and support our team as well as in our relationships within our wider community.

Human Rights

We are committed to respect for human rights and to each of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights guidingprinciplesbusinesshr_en.pdf, the International Bill of Rights International Bill of Human Rights | OHCHR and the International Labour Organisation’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work ILO 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up | International Labour Organization.

Public Policy Activity

The firm and members of our team occasionally (i) engage in consultation on potential legislative change; (ii) provide advice and support to campaign groups; (iii) advise and/or represent parties to legal cases which touch upon areas of public policy within our area of expertise and interest and (iv) provide analysis, by way of press and thought leadership commentary, on relevant matters of public policy within such areas.

We do not engage in direct lobbying of government organisations, elected politicians or officials or make financial contributions to political parties.

Law Firm Maturity Index

In 2023, we took part in a trial of The Law Firm Maturity Index (LFMI), powered by OMINDEX®, a unique diagnostic tool that assesses a law firm’s “organisational maturity”.

The index evaluates how well a firm reconciles corporate responsibility with financial performance and maximises value from its people, based on “Organisation Health Indicators” such as purpose, human value, values and principles, learning agility, and trust and collaboration.

Bellevue Law’s LFMI ranking was ‘Band ‘A’, indicating that we are an extremely mature and responsible business. We were recognised for our exemplary management standards, with financial performance not compromising people or the environment, and key strengths including culture, values and principles, trust and our approach to gender equality and diversity. And our team’s wellbeing and engagement were found to be strong and central to our success.

The Good Business Charter

In 2020, Bellevue Law became the first law firm to be accredited by the Good Business Charter, an inclusive accreditation recognising responsible business practices and open to UK organisations of all sizes. Other members include Richer Sounds, Deloitte, London City Airport, Capita and Brompton Bicycles.

To be accredited, firms must be compliant in ten key areas, including fair pay and working conditions, responsible relationships with clients and suppliers, fair and transparent tax practices, environmental sustainability and ethical sourcing.