Tag: Salaries

Cleary Gottlieb boosts NQ rates by 14% to £160k
Early Xmas present 🎁

Weil bumps NQ solicitor rates to £165k in London
Effective 1 January 2023

Bird & Bird nudges NQ lawyer pay above £92k
5% rise from £88k

Akin Gump caps salary exchange rate following drop in pound
London NQs continue to earn £179k

Dollar-pegged NQ pay packets at elite US firms swell to around £200,000 as pound plunges to record low
UK mini-budget tax cuts causes pound to tank

Womble Bond Dickinson ups NQ pay to £78,000
Rises in the regions too

Kennedys increases NQ lawyer pay in London by 60%
£50,000 to £80,000

Jones Day NQ lawyer salaries rise to £140k
Extra cash for trainees too

Law Society recommends 4% salary increase for rookie solicitors
£23,703 in London and £21,024 elsewhere

NRF boosts NQ lawyer pay by 11% to £105k
Top performers could earn as much as £147k with bonus

US firm salaries ‘almost 50% above’ Magic Circle rivals thanks to favourable exchange rates
New research comes as NQ rates hit record £179k

City pay war: Macfarlanes boosts NQ rates to £107.5k
Also confirms autumn retention score of 92%

Big Four player PwC joins City firms in upping junior lawyer pay
Moves NQ rates to £90k

Exclusive: Linklaters decides against upping NQ lawyer pay — for now
Magic circle firm stresses pay remains under review

CMS boosts NQ lawyer pay to £100k
Second boost in seven months

Exclusive: We won’t ‘rush’ to increase NQ pay, Linklaters tells lawyers
Magic circle player to consider 'impact of any changes and the wider economic context' before matching rivals, internal email reveals

RPC increases trainee pay in London and Bristol
City rookies to earn £48k

Ashurst bumps trainee solicitor pay to £55k
Year one rookies now on £50k

Regional NQ lawyer pay hits record high as Hogan Lovells increases to £70k in Birmingham
Exclusive: Rise of over 30%