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Simmons & Simmons ups newly qualified solicitor base salaries to £79,000

Junior lawyer earnings could exceed £100,000 with bonuses, says firm

Jul 15 2019 11:48am
Herbert Smith Freehills sets ‘bold’ 35% gender partnership target

As Gowling WLG and Simmons & Simmons reveal strong female representation in latest promotion rounds

May 1 2019 8:44am
The best law firms for peer support — 2019 edition

Winner to be announced at the Legal Cheek Awards on 21 March, alongside a host of other categories

Mar 7 2019 11:25am
City law firms dominate LGBT global employers power list

Stonewall’s index celebrates the efforts of organisations to create inclusive workplaces

Jul 19 2018 8:39am
Baker McKenzie and Simmons & Simmons reveal 80% plus retention scores

Spring season gathers pace

Mar 21 2018 12:59pm
Baker McKenzie calls on Simmons & Simmons to review its handling of sex assault claim

Victim reportedly received a payout and entered into a confidentiality agreement

Feb 21 2018 1:53pm

West Country’s answer to Square Mile increases clout as Simmons & Simmons doubles its Bristol office

But outfit confirms there’s no increase in training contracts

Jan 10 2018 11:25am
The big 5-0: Two Bristol firms reach unprecedented NQ pay milestone

Osborne Clarke and Simmons & Simmons lead West Country pay war, but will other outfits follow suit?

Sep 21 2017 11:03am
Simmons & Simmons reveals 78% NQ retention result

As international outfit Covington & Burling posts 83% score

Sep 12 2017 3:38pm
Simmons & Simmons, Holman Fenwick Willan and Ince & Co boost junior lawyer salaries

Trainees also handed modest rises

Aug 4 2017 2:37pm
Retention rate row: Simmons & Simmons remains tightlipped over NQ temporary contract accusations

International outfit trumpeted an 80% spring score last week

Mar 7 2017 1:54pm
Simmons & Simmons puts 2016 retention woes behind it with solid 80% spring result

Twelve trainees have accepted full-time associate roles

Mar 3 2017 2:52pm

17 City firms secure places on LGBT employer power list

Strong showing from the legal profession in 2017 Stonewall rankings

Jan 19 2017 11:04am
City law firms bid to get in early with fintechs by offering them free legal advice

Could these start-ups be the banks of the future?

Nov 7 2016 3:05pm
Simmons & Simmons has retained just half of its trainees

Firm points to Brexit to explain disappointing result

Sep 9 2016 11:16am
Simmons & Simmons slashes London lawyer headcount

All is not well at the top City player

Aug 5 2016 3:34pm
Simmons & Simmons ditches MBA for future trainees

Bespoke legal masters introduced in 2009 to be replaced by new “Trainee Skills Academy”

Jun 22 2016 11:31am
8 City firms make workplace gender equality employer power list

Top outfits recognised for creating workplaces and cultures that are inclusive of women — but what are their partner diversity stats like?

Apr 21 2016 9:23am

King & Wood Mallesons and Eversheds reveal contrasting trainee retention performances

Meanwhile, Simmons & Simmons accused of retention figure manipulation

Apr 1 2016 2:02pm
Simmons & Simmons keeps seven out of nine new qualifiers

Firm declines to comment on how many trainees started this round’s qualification process

Mar 21 2016 2:44pm
Addleshaw Goddard and Maclay Murray & Spens cease merger talks

Merger mania: Olswang eyeing up Bird & Bird and Simmons & Simmons, meanwhile Berwin Leighton Paisner and Greenberg Traurig in talks

Feb 17 2016 10:46am