Law firms ‘Debunk assumptions by doing surprising things’ – Paul Weiss’s Nicole Kar on succeeding in City law Elisha Juttla · 7 March 2025 · 6 min read DEI Life during law Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Ahead of International Women’s Day, Nicole Kar, global co-chair of antitrust at Paul Weiss, discusses thriving in the deep end and why there is still more room at the top for women in law.Why did you decide to be a lawyer? Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact jasmine.glass@legalbusiness.co.uk Related ContentMore in this categorySkadden and Paul Weiss lead as Intel buys back $14bn Apollo stake in Irish semiconductor plantLaw firmsKate Peacock2 Apr 2026Revolving Doors: Paul Weiss grows funds practice as A&O Shearman welcomes Paul Hastings London partnerLaw firmsWill Lewallen24 Mar 2026Top US antitrust and white-collar lawyers in the spotlight in latest Legal 500 US Elite rankingsLegal 500 dataKate Peacock26 Feb 2026Legal 500 ESG Awards – meet the contenders for internal support network of the yearLaw firmsAlex Ryan17 Apr 2026A&O Shearman, HSF Kramer and E.ON among contenders for Legal 500 ESG AwardsLaw firmsNews Editor18 Mar 2026A safe haven in an unsafe world – how Ireland’s legal market is thriving amid global instabilityLaw firmsAmy Ulliott3 Mar 2026Taylor Wessing promotes four to partnership in scaled-back round ahead of mergerLaw firmsEliza Winter20 Apr 2026How CMS M&A partner David Roberts became the restaurant expert on both sides of the tableLaw firmsKate Peacock20 Apr 2026‘We see more of the market than any other firm’ – why Latham’s City finance team wants to have it allLaw firmsWill Lewallen17 Apr 2026