Tag: Salaries

Squires boosts London NQ lawyer pay to £95k
Rises in regions too

Swelling junior lawyer salaries ‘only a sticking plaster’, Sir Nigel Knowles warns
DWF chief calls on law firms to find better incentives to retain talent

DLA ups NQ lawyer pay: 95k in London, 65k in regions
Up by 8% and 35%

Trowers increases London NQ pay to £77.5k
Rises for firm's regional rookies too

London NQ lawyer pay hits record £161,500
US outfit Goodwin ups junior rates to unprecedented levels -- also unveils new perk which sees it pay for their holidays

£150k junior lawyer salaries are ‘out of control’, top general counsel warns
Network Rail's leading lawyer Dan Kayne urges profession to find new ways of retaining talent before young associates 'get hurt'

Milbank reignites pay war — raises London NQ lawyer rates to $215k
That's nearly £160k 😲

Squire Patton Boggs boosts trainee salaries by as much as 27%
City rookies now start on £47k

Willkie Farr increases NQ lawyer pay to £145k in London
Trainee salaries up too

Fresh salary rises see Weil trainees become highest paid in the City
£60k in year one, £65k in year two

CMS and Simmons boost NQ lawyer salaries
£95k and £100k

Bakers joins City salary war with £105k rate for NQs
Extra cash for trainees too

Macfarlanes boosts NQ lawyer pay to £100k
Rises for rookies too

Fried Frank ups trainee pay to £55-£60k
Salaries more than double to £145.5k upon qualification

Reed Smith joins NQ salary war with 19% boost to £107.5k
Juniors billing 2,000+ hours will earn £132.5k

Clifford Chance joins magic circle rivals in upping NQ lawyer pay to £107.5k
Matches moves by A&O and Links

Walker Morris increases trainee numbers by a quarter
Follows big TC jump at CMS earlier this summer

Akin Gump boosts trainee pay 14% to £62.5k
Year one rookies now on £57.5k

White & Case boosts NQ salaries to £140k
Trainee pay rises too

Norton Rose Fulbright ups NQ base salaries 12% to £95k
'Total cash' can reach £133k with bonus, says firm

Ropes & Gray raises London NQ lawyer pay to £147k
Trainees handed extra £7.5k