Freshfields becomes first magic circle firm to raise NQ pay to £100,000
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has raised its newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salary to £100,000, the first magic circle firm to do so. It is an 18 per cent increase on the £85,000 Freshfields previously paid NQs. The firm set that rate in 2016. Trainee salaries remain unchanged however, at £45,000 for first-years and £51,000 for second-years. The […]