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Brit lawyers could boost salary by over a third working in US

From £66,329 to £93,284

7 days ago
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£100k NQ pay is stoking tensions within magic circle law firms

Senior associates annoyed by big junior lawyer pay rises, says report

Aug 16 2019 9:42pm
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I have training contract offers from magic circle firms in the Middle East and a US MoneyLaw outfit in London — which do I choose?

I would appreciate readers’ advice

Jul 19 2019 11:01am
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City pay war latest: Herbert Smith Freehills ups NQ package to £105,000

New six-figure sum includes bonus

Jul 2 2019 3:04pm
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Linklaters becomes final magic circle firm to up NQ pay package to £100,000

City pay war continues

Jul 1 2019 12:34pm
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Allen & Overy ups NQ solicitor package to £100,000 as City pay war intensifies

Six-figure sum includes sign-on bonus

Jun 25 2019 11:50am
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Hogan Lovells ups newly qualified pay to £90k plus bonus in package worth up to £117k

Exclusive: Transatlantic firm makes MoneyLaw move

Jun 24 2019 1:16pm
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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

Jun 20 2019 7:58pm
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Magic circle and US law firms ‘must change the way they work’ or face ‘doom’, warns the FT

Will £100k+ for newly qualified solicitors prove a high water mark?

Jun 14 2019 3:51pm
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How Freshfields’ £100k NQ pay will change the profession

Magic circle embrace of MoneyLaw set to have far-reaching effects

May 15 2019 8:52am
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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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The story of how 25-year-old City lawyers came to earn £143,000 a year

A handy video explainer

Jul 11 2018 11:58am
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Magic circle duo join the MoneyLaw madness

Allen & Overy and Linklaters latest to pay US newly qualified lawyers eye-watering figure that works out just shy of £150k

Jun 29 2018 10:22am
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Latham & Watkins becomes latest firm to hike London junior solicitor pay to £143,000

US summer pay war continues to rock UK market

Jun 25 2018 2:09pm
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Akin Gump ups London NQ pay to coveted £143,000

Follows moves by Kirkland & Ellis, Milbank and Simpson Thacher

Jun 25 2018 10:48am
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Kirkland & Ellis ups London NQ salaries to £143,000

Follows moves by US players Milbank and Simpson Thacher

Jun 19 2018 10:03am
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Quinn Emanuel ups London junior solicitor pay to £125,000 as US summer salary war rocks the City

Will others follow?

Jun 18 2018 4:46pm
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It’s possible to get to a MoneyLaw US firm from a regional training contract after an ex-poly degree – I should know because I’ve done it

Don’t listen to anyone who tells you it’s impossible

Jun 8 2018 9:11am
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MoneyLaw 2.0: US outfit Milbank ups London junior lawyer pay to £143,000

Will others follow?

Jun 5 2018 2:09pm
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Akin Gump trainees will now earn £100,000 across their two-year training contract

Increases of 12% in first year and 8% in second year

Jul 10 2017 4:20pm
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Cleary Gottlieb hikes London NQ pay by 14% to £120,000

‘MoneyLaw’ movement continues its assault on the City

Mar 6 2017 2:59pm
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