Pay Archives - Legal Cheek

White & Case ups NQ solicitor pay to £130k — a boost of £25k

Trainees and associates also handed sizeable rises

Oct 5 2020 12:16pm
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Milbank dishes out COVID bonuses to London junior lawyers

Associates can receive between £5,800 and £30,800, depending on experience

Sep 17 2020 12:22pm
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Hogan Lovells restarts lawyer salary reviews following COVID-19 suspension

Firm also reverses US associate pay reductions

Sep 7 2020 9:10am
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Dechert boosts London NQ solicitor pay to £120,000

Despite COVID

Aug 27 2020 8:48am
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Majority of legal workers expect a pay rise within next year, study finds

One fifth feel confident in securing a promotion despite coronavirus effect on economy

Aug 26 2020 9:09am
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Latham & Watkins posts 96% trainee retention score and keeps NQ pay at £145k

23 out of 24

Aug 19 2020 10:20am
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Norton Rose Fulbright latest to cut NQ solicitor pay

Confirms 87% trainee retention score

Aug 12 2020 12:23pm
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Linklaters trims NQ solicitor pay packets by 10%

Last of the magic circle to reveal post-pandemic pay position

Aug 10 2020 2:14pm
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Clyde & Co cuts junior lawyer pay by £2,000 and confirms 90% retention

Training contract numbers at the firm increase

Aug 6 2020 4:27pm
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US firms hold the MoneyLaw line

Akin Gump, Vinson & Elkins, Sidley and Debevoise have ‘no plans’ to reduce London trainee or NQ pay

Jul 23 2020 10:09am
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Walker Morris keeps NQs on £29k trainee pay until November

New qualifiers must wait two months for salary hike

Jul 17 2020 12:09pm
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Jones Day cuts London NQ pay by £5,000

Exclusive: Trainee solicitor salaries stay the same

Jul 15 2020 10:30am
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Ropes & Gray retains all its trainees and keeps NQ pay at £130k

All five rookies stay on

Jul 14 2020 2:18pm
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US law firms hold London NQ pay steady amid COVID-19 uncertainty

White & Case and Cleary Gottlieb opt against rises or cuts for now

Jul 8 2020 11:52am
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DWF pairs trainees with partners who qualified during 2008 financial crash to mentor them through COVID-19 uncertainty

37 rookies jostle for just 25 NQ jobs

Jul 6 2020 9:47am
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DLA Piper and Baker McKenzie latest to cut NQ pay

Both firms anticipate salary reviews in due course

Jul 1 2020 10:08am
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BCLP cuts NQ solicitor pay to £78,000

Belt-tightening measures across the City continue

Jun 29 2020 10:22am
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Clifford Chance is latest magic circle firm to cut NQ solicitor pay

Follows moves made by Slaughters and A&O

Jun 23 2020 11:05am
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Allen & Overy cuts NQ solicitor pay by 10%

COVID-19 response measure follows Slaughter and May salary decrease

Jun 22 2020 11:23am
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Hogan Lovells cuts NQ pay and freezes salaries for some trainees

Exclusive: Second year rookies to remain on first year salaries

Jun 18 2020 3:25pm
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Top paying magic circle firm keeps NQ pay at £100k

Freshfields freeze; fellow big payer HSF also declines to cut

Jun 17 2020 5:30pm
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