Tag: Money

Taylor Wessing ups NQ lawyer salaries to £100k
Rises for rookies too

DLA Piper pushes NQ lawyer pay to 100k in London and 68.5k in regions
5% rise across the board

Hogan Lovells ups NQ pay to £120k in London and £75k in Birmingham
Boosts of 12% and 7%

Macfarlanes pushes NQ lawyer pay to £115k
7% rise from £107.5k

Slaughters swerves Magic Circle pay war — for now
NQ rates remain at £115k despite rivals raising

Shearman boosts trainee pay to £55k and £60k — also ups law school maintenance support
Grants of £17k during PGDL and SQE

Law ranks second for graduate earning power
Beaten by investment banking

Vinson & Elkins bumps UK trainee pay to £60-£65k
NQ pay sits at nearly £174k

Clifford Chance’s top paid partner made almost £5 million last year, records show
More than double previous year

Cleary Gottlieb boosts NQ rates by 14% to £160k
Early Xmas present 🎁

Weil bumps NQ solicitor rates to £165k in London
Effective 1 January 2023

Bird & Bird nudges NQ lawyer pay above £92k
5% rise from £88k

Simmons hands out £1,500 cost-of-living bonus to staff
Extra cash 'in recognition of the challenging economic climate'

Does size matter for law firms?
The City Insider puts the data from 2023 Legal Cheek Firms Most List into context

US trio boost junior City lawyer pay
Exclusive: Rises at Dechert, MoFo and Sidley Austin

Fieldfisher ups London NQ lawyer pay to £92k
£60k in regions

CMS boosts trainee pay for second time this year and ups law school maintenance grants
City rookies now start on £50k