Novartis AG, the Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company, released its 2020 preferred panel of global and U.S. law firms with strict staffing requirements that its firms believe will help create a more diverse legal profession.

This is the third iteration of its preferred panel based on diversity and inclusion efforts. The firms that comprise Novartis’ 2020 preferred panel are: Alston & Bird; Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer; Bird & Bird; Brinks Gilson Lione; Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Goodwin Procter; Greenberg Traurig; Hogan Lovells; Kirkland & Ellis; Latham & Watkins; Linklaters; Mayer Brown; Morgan, Lewis & Bockius; Morrison & Foerster; Munger, Tolles & Olson; O’Melveny & Myers; Sullivan & Cromwell; Troutman Sanders; Williams & Connolly; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr; and Womble Bond Dickinson.