More firms have published their trainee retention figures for the autumn. Mayer Brown is holding on to eight of its 10 qualifying trainees, including one on a fixed-term contract. Four take up newly-qualified jobs in litigation, two go to the corporate team and the other two join the intellectual property and banking and finance departments […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Painser has posted its trainee retention for the autumn. Nineteen of 22 trainees will be retained in newly-qualified (NQ) roles, 16 in London, two in Manchester and one in Hong Kong. All are on permanent contracts. Seven will join the firm’s corporate department (including one in Hong Kong), seven join real estate […]
Linklaters has recorded its trainee retention figures for the coming September, keeping on 94 per cent of its qualifiers. The firm has held on to 45 of 48 final-seat trainee in newly-qualified (NQ) roles, all in permanent positions. Two of the NQs will work in Singapore. Trainee development partner Richard Hodgson said: “We are very pleased […]
Vinson & Elkins has followed in the footsteps of its US rivals by raising its pay level for British newly qualified (NQ) solicitors. The firm has increased NQ pay from £147,500 to £153,400. Five of the firm’s six qualifiers this autumn will stay on to take advantage of the new rates, which come into effect […]
Mills & Reeve has kicked off the autumn 2021 trainee retention season by keeping on 100 per cent of its second-year trainees for the first time ever. All 18 of its qualifiers will take up permanent newly qualified (NQ) roles at the firm. Three will join the commercial, IP and IT group, another three go […]
Hogan Lovells has retained 81 per cent of its March qualifiers. The firm made newly-qualfied job offers to 18 of its 21 qualifiers, with 17 of those accepting. Two have been retained on fixed term contracts. Seven of the NQs will take up jobs in litigation, four in finance, two in corporate and two in […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the final magic circle firm to reveal its spring 2021 retention results, keeping on 32 of 34 newly qualified (NQ) solicitors on permanent contracts. All 32 of the NQs will be based in London. Training partner Craig Montgomery said: “We are delighted to be retaining a very high proportion of […]
Three more firms have revealed their trainee retention results for the spring. White & Case is holding on to 14 of its 17 March qualifiers (82.4 per cent), all in permanent roles. Two trainees are joining the firm’s offices in Dubai and Geneva. The London office executive partner Melissa Butler said: “Our trainees join a […]
Clifford Chance will keep on 38 of its 43 March qualifiers, or 88 per cent. The firm made 38 offers, all of which were accepted. All are on permanent contracts. It is the third magic circle firm to release its results this round. Previously, Allen & Overy kept on 92 per cent of its qualifiers […]
Herbert Smith Freehills has published its March retention rate, and will keep on 93 per cent of its trainees in newly-qualified (NQ) roles. The class size was 30, which is the firm’s smallest since before the financial crisis of 2008, and 28 were offered NQ jobs, with all accepting. All but one of the trainees […]
Mayer Brown and Trowers also releases retention figures.
Linklaters has retained 47 of 50 trainees in its spring 2021 cohort, giving it a 94 per cent retention score. The firm follows Allen & Overy in releasing its qualification figures for March. Due to personal reasons one of the 47 is on a fixed-term contract. Nevertheless, the retention figure is the magic circle firm’s […]