Tag: Pay

Norton Rose Fulbright latest to cut NQ solicitor pay
Confirms 87% trainee retention score

Linklaters trims NQ solicitor pay packets by 10%
Last of the magic circle to reveal post-pandemic pay position

Clyde & Co cuts junior lawyer pay by £2,000 and confirms 90% retention
Training contract numbers at the firm increase

US firms hold the MoneyLaw line
Akin Gump, Vinson & Elkins, Sidley and Debevoise have 'no plans' to reduce London trainee or NQ pay

Walker Morris keeps NQs on £29k trainee pay until November
New qualifiers must wait two months for salary hike

Jones Day cuts London NQ pay by £5,000
Exclusive: Trainee solicitor salaries stay the same

Ropes & Gray retains all its trainees and keeps NQ pay at £130k
All five rookies stay on

US law firms hold London NQ pay steady amid COVID-19 uncertainty
White & Case and Cleary Gottlieb opt against rises or cuts for now

DWF pairs trainees with partners who qualified during 2008 financial crash to mentor them through COVID-19 uncertainty
37 rookies jostle for just 25 NQ jobs

DLA Piper and Baker McKenzie latest to cut NQ pay
Both firms anticipate salary reviews in due course

BCLP cuts NQ solicitor pay to £78,000
Belt-tightening measures across the City continue

Clifford Chance is latest magic circle firm to cut NQ solicitor pay
Follows moves made by Slaughters and A&O

Allen & Overy cuts NQ solicitor pay by 10%
COVID-19 response measure follows Slaughter and May salary decrease

Hogan Lovells cuts NQ pay and freezes salaries for some trainees
Exclusive: Second year rookies to remain on first year salaries

Top paying magic circle firm keeps NQ pay at £100k
Freshfields freeze; fellow big payer HSF also declines to cut

Reed Smith to cut London lawyer roles due to pandemic
‘Targeted redundancy process’ will impact 'small number' of associates and staff, global outfit says

Osborne Clarke to reduce solicitor pay by 7%
City firm takes 'unfortunate but prudent decision' to mitigate COVID-19 financial impact

Slaughter and May cuts NQ lawyer pay to £87,000
COVID-19: Move comes just weeks after magic circle player suspended partner distributions

Eversheds introduces scheme to vary lawyers’ hours and pay according to workflow
Doesn't apply to trainees

Shearman & Sterling lawyers offered six month sabbaticals for 30% pay
As Reed Smith introduces unpaid leave scheme