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Money

  • Law ranks second for graduate earning power

    Beaten by investment banking

    Mar 14 2023 10:37am
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  • Vinson & Elkins bumps UK trainee pay to £60-£65k

    NQ pay sits at nearly £174k

    Feb 10 2023 9:25am
    24
  • NQ lawyer pay at Milbank hits £166k following exchange rate adjustment

    Extra £6k

    Jan 19 2023 11:28am
    6
  • Clifford Chance’s top paid partner made almost £5 million last year, records show

    More than double previous year

    Jan 18 2023 11:44am
    11
  • Skadden raises NQ lawyer pay to £165k

    5% boost

    Jan 11 2023 11:02am
    54
  • Cleary Gottlieb boosts NQ rates by 14% to £160k

    Early Xmas present 🎁

    Dec 14 2022 8:27am
    40
  • Weil bumps NQ solicitor rates to £165k in London

    Effective 1 January 2023

    Dec 12 2022 11:27am
    34
  • Bird & Bird nudges NQ lawyer pay above £92k

    5% rise from £88k

    Nov 30 2022 11:56am
    19
  • Simmons hands out £1,500 cost-of-living bonus to staff

    Extra cash ‘in recognition of the challenging economic climate’

    Nov 21 2022 12:01pm
    4
  • Does size matter for law firms?

    The City Insider puts the data from 2023 Legal Cheek Firms Most List into context

    Sep 29 2022 8:28am
    16
  • US trio boost junior City lawyer pay

    Exclusive: Rises at Dechert, MoFo and Sidley Austin

    Sep 20 2022 11:57am
    35
  • Fieldfisher ups London NQ lawyer pay to £92k

    £60k in regions

    Aug 26 2022 9:13am
    45
  • CMS boosts trainee pay for second time this year and ups law school maintenance grants

    City rookies now start on £50k

    Aug 22 2022 9:11am
    53
  • Jones Day NQ lawyer salaries rise to £140k

    Extra cash for trainees too

    Aug 11 2022 9:26am
    56
  • Magic Circle NQ lawyers charged out at £600 per hour, new data suggests

    Rates for top partners hits £1,500 — double compared to 15 years ago

    Aug 8 2022 12:40pm
    57
  • Law Society recommends 4% salary increase for rookie solicitors

    £23,703 in London and £21,024 elsewhere

    Aug 5 2022 9:54am
    14
  • NRF boosts NQ lawyer pay by 11% to £105k

    Top performers could earn as much as £147k with bonus

    Aug 4 2022 1:17pm
    82
  • US firm salaries ‘almost 50% above’ Magic Circle rivals thanks to favourable exchange rates

    New research comes as NQ rates hit record £179k

    Aug 1 2022 9:24am
    35
  • City pay war: Macfarlanes boosts NQ rates to £107.5k

    Also confirms autumn retention score of 92%

    Jul 26 2022 10:00am
    92
  • Big Four player PwC joins City firms in upping junior lawyer pay

    Moves NQ rates to £90k

    Jul 20 2022 11:34am
    49
  • Exclusive: Linklaters decides against upping NQ lawyer pay — for now

    Magic circle firm stresses pay remains under review

    Jul 15 2022 10:27am
    28
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