City law firms continue to see robust financial growth, with Clifford Chance reporting its best financial performance for seven years, and Macfarlanes LLP and Mills & Reeve LLP experiencing notable increases in turnover.
Over the past few weeks law firms Hogan Lovells, Clyde & Co and Baker McKenzie have released their autumn qualifying trainee retention rates.
Macfarlanes LLP, HFW and Bird & Bird become the latest City law firms to increase the salaries of their newly qualified (NQ) solicitors as the so-called ‘NQ pay war’ continues.
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, Irwin Mitchell LLP and Dentons have all announced high autumn retention rates, for both their trainee and solicitor apprenticeship cohorts.