Pay

UK lawyers earn £64k on average — the third highest salary beaten only by Switzerland and Germany

Performance exceeds expectations for first half of financial year

Knock-back leads to legal role lead

Very modest uplifts didn’t go down well on Twitter

Boosts in Bristol too

NQs receive pay rise which falls £5k short of pre-COVID six-figure sum

Global firm trimmed salaries in London and Birmingham earlier this summer

Six-figure pay packets ‘unsustainable’, agrees Pinsents senior partner

Trainees and associates also handed sizeable rises

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

Firm also reverses US associate pay reductions

Despite COVID

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

23 out of 24

Confirms 87% trainee retention score