Pay
Fieldfisher ups London NQ lawyer pay to £92k
£60k in regions
Trowers joins firms upping junior lawyer pay in the regions
£60k base salary
HSF ups NQ lawyer base pay to £120k
Leapfrogs A&O, Links and Slaughters
Exclusive: We won’t ‘rush’ to increase NQ pay, Linklaters tells lawyers
Magic circle player to consider ‘impact of any changes and the wider economic context’ before matching rivals, internal email reveals
A&O opts against NQ lawyer pay rises citing ‘challenging’ economic conditions
Rates remain at £107.5k
Regional NQ lawyer pay hits record high as Hogan Lovells increases to £70k in Birmingham
Exclusive: Rise of over 30%
Mishcon raises NQ lawyer pay to £90k
Pay war rages on
Shoosmiths raises London NQ lawyer pay by 16% to £87,000
From £58,000 in regions
Squire Patton Boggs bumps NQ rates to £100k from January 2023
£65k in the regions
Pinsents ups NQ lawyer pay to £92k in London and £61k in regions
Rises of 23% and 36%
London NQ lawyer pay reaches £164,000
Akin Gump joins pay war with new converted rate
Slaughters increases NQ lawyer rates to £115k
Boosts of up to 20% across all PQE levels too
Davis Polk joins City pay war with £160k NQ salary
Firm hikes trainee pay (again!), as does Gibson Dunn
Hogan Lovells joins City pay war with improved £107.5k NQ rate
Potential to earn £145k+ with bonus
Regional rises: who has increased so far?
Legal Cheek rounds up the key NQ pay movers outside the capital
Vinson & Elkins ups NQ lawyer salaries in London to £159,500
Another day, another pay rise 💷
Akin Gump ups NQ lawyer pay to £159k
£12k bump
NQ lawyer pay at Eversheds moves to £95k
Regional rates up nearly a quarter to £62k