Magic circle Archives - Legal Cheek

Slaughter and May raises newly qualified salary to £92k plus bonus in pay package that sees it join the ‘100 Club’

Total package is worth over £100,000

4 hours ago
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Freshfields raises newly qualified solicitor pay to £100,000

Exclusive: MoneyLaw reaches the magic circle

May 7 2019 3:05pm
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Equity partner profits fall at Linklaters despite revenue rise

Magic circle firm’s bosses still on over £1.5 million

Jul 13 2018 8:32am
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Magic circle money mayhem! Average partner earnings at Allen & Overy and Freshfields edge towards £2 million

Eye-watering sums put MoneyLaw junior lawyer pay war in the shade

Jul 6 2018 8:06am
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Allen & Overy tops magic circle financial results growth league, with Clifford Chance coming in second

Linklaters is third and Freshfields fourth, while Slaughter and May declines to take part in summer bling fest

Jul 7 2017 9:47am
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Linklaters pens report on Brexit, tells government the process could be ‘overwhelming’

Adopt a principles-based approach to mammoth task

Jun 27 2017 11:27am
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Why I regret my magic circle training contract

Career mistakes: Legal Cheek meets a soon-to-be NQ, a paralegal and an LPC student

Jun 20 2017 10:04am
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Is the bar’s appeal to the best graduates destroying the magic circle?

In America the top legal talent joins law firms — but not always in Britain

May 17 2017 10:50am
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82% of spring qualifiers to stay on at Allen & Overy

Third magic circle firm to reveal its retention rate

Mar 6 2017 11:03am
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Allen & Overy trainee ‘sacked’ by student news website over allegations he plagiarised Financial Times article

Magic circle giant remains tight-lipped

Feb 3 2017 2:18pm
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Slaughter and May is calling a recession

Modest pay rise and work/life perks signal tough times ahead

Dec 16 2016 9:12am
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Open thread: What is it like to work in the magic circle?

Share your experiences below the line

Nov 30 2016 9:58am
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The best corporate law firm perks in London

Some great reasons to become a lawyer

Oct 26 2016 9:06am
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Durham student newspaper pulls spoof article on fictional magic circle ‘white male’ diversity scheme

Satirical piece removed when spotted by editors-in-chief

Oct 25 2016 10:23am
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Neo-Nazi who shot dead former Freshfields junior lawyer sentenced to 11-and-a-half years

Family outraged as Luke Holland’s killer given a reduced sentence because he was drunk

Jul 12 2016 11:36am
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MoneyLaw could be the new Magic Circle

£124,000 newly qualified rate may prove a London game-changer

Jun 20 2016 9:36am
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Rich parents blocked from buying kids legal work experience as magic circle firms withdraw from charity auction

Allen & Overy and Freshfields in significant U-turn

Apr 22 2016 11:37am
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Magic circle partners bill £110 for typing ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and hitting ‘send’ on an email, claims law firm costs expert

The knives are out for ‘£1,100 an hour’ City law firms

Feb 5 2016 10:42am
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