Herbert Smith Freehills records 93% trainee retention score
27 out of 29
Global law firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has confirmed a spring trainee retention score of 93%.
HSF confirmed that all 29 of its March qualifying trainees applied for a newly qualified (NQ) roles, with 28 receiving offers and 27 accepting. None are on fixed-term contracts.
The Legal Cheek Firms Most List 2023 shows HSF recruits around 60 trainees each year, split across two intakes. Rookies earn a salary of £50,000 in year one, rising to £55,000 in year two. NQ pay currently sits at £120,000, excluding bonus, after the firm boosted rates by 14% last year.
The retention result is higher than HSF’s 2022 spring rate of 83% when it retained 24 of 29 qualifying trainees.
Last summer, HSF confirmed it would match the likes of Freshfields, Linklaters and Slaughter and May in offering a £17,000 maintenance grants to future trainees completing the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE).
HSF is now the fourth Silver Circle law firm to reveal its spring retention score. Macfarlanes, Travers Smith and Ashurst have already announced scores of 100% (6 out of 6), 75% (6 out of 8), and 84% (16 out of 19) respectively.
7 Comments
B
Best all round law firm. Come at me bro
Anonymous
Hogan Lovells > (less hours, similar salary)
Reply to fresher
Did they offer you a place on their insight day?
Anonymous
Yh but I had to give it a miss cus I was with your girl that day
Antony
I think the distinguished gentlemen at Slaughter and May would have something to say about that.
Anonymous
Lol S
Ex HSF associate
Say that to all the burnout trainees and NQs etc there are at this firm… A job offer is a job offer at the end of day, what’s more revealing is how many of those with offers actually stay for any significant amount of time…
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