Tag: Slaughter and May

Slaughter and May names new managing partner
Joined MC firm as a trainee

How to future-proof your legal career with tech and AI
Slaughter and May’s senior client and practice solutions manager, Emma Walton, discusses legal tech, innovation and the firm’s latest competition for students

Former Slaughter and May lawyer appointed Solicitor General
MP Lucy Rigby lands top legal role

Financial Times estimates Slaughter and May profit per equity partner to be £4 million
Highest ever figure touted for secretive elite firm

Inside one Magic Circle firm’s push for diversity and inclusion
Slaughter and May partner Gayathri Kamalanathan discusses her career path, shares insights into life as a disputes lawyer, and explains how the firm is integrating D&I

Slaughter and May raises newly qualified lawyer pay to £150,000
Pay review brought forward following recent market movement

Trainee retention rates: Freshfields and Slaughters post 86% and 84% results
37 of 43 and 36 of 43

Slaughters boosts trainee pay – still ‘carefully considering’ NQ lawyer salary
Magic Circle rivals all increased to £150k

CMS and Slaughters latest firms to withdraw TC offers
SQE fallout continues

Slaughter and May becomes fourth Magic Circle law firm to embrace solicitor apprenticeships
First intake September 2025

Slaughters gets tough on desk ditchers with office entry monitoring
Data shared with management

Slaughters makes ‘reduced hours for reduced pay’ permanent option for lawyers
Follows succesful pilot

Slaughters raises newly qualified lawyer salaries to £125k
Early Christmas present

‘Are you a Jew?’ Husband and wife City lawyers subjected to ‘antisemitic attack’ on bus
Footage of incident involving associates from Slaughters and MoFo shared widely online

Slaughter and May launches business services grad scheme
New academy focuses on people, tech and clients

How one Magic Circle firm is approaching diversity and inclusion
Slaughter and May partner Jane Edwarde discusses the firm’s focus on creating a supportive and welcoming culture

Slaughters rounds off Magic Circle autumn retention season with 93%
37 of its 40 trainees take NQ roles

Slaughter and May wants more working-class lawyers
Elite Magic Circle outfit sets series of new social mobility targets