As leader Latham & Watkins’ Global LGBTQ+ Lawyers Group, Danni plays a high-impact role in Latham’s goal of advancing recruitment, retention, and promotion of LGBTQ+ attorneys. Danni spearheads strategy and programs that foster intersectional community-building, oversees 18 separate LGBTQ+ networks globally, leads a global mentoring program and is proud to be a visible non-binary role model in the legal world. Danni works closely with firm leaders to influence policies to better support LGBTQ+ colleagues, including surrogacy and adoption benefits, inclusive gender ID in HR systems, formal gender transition guidelines, and a gender-neutral parental leave policy. Danni is a champion of pro bono causes that support the LGBTQ+ community, and has provided hundreds of hours of free legal support to groups such as GiveOut; National AIDS Trust; Just Like Us; OutRight; Mermaids; the World Bank’s Women Business & the Law Report; Cell Studios; and Charity Entrepreneurship. Danni’s recent work as part of the Latham team advising the new ownership consortium in the £4.25 billion acquisition of Chelsea FC has led to Danni being appointed to Chelsea FC’s ED&I Advisory Group and they recently worked on the club’s Rainbow Laces campaign, striving to promote LGBTQ+ inclusion and eradicate homophobia from football.
