Linklaters is set to allow any U.K. employee whose partner is having a baby, adopting a child or becoming a parent through surrogacy to take 12 weeks of fully paid leave, as the firm joins others in broadening its parental policies.

The new policy will entitle all staff to the period of leave “regardless of gender or gender identity”, the firm said in a statement. Staff can take the 12 weeks of paid leave at any time during the first 12 months from the arrival of their child.