Travers and Mayer Brown rise up pay tables for junior London lawyers

City of London-based law firm Travers Smith is hiking pay for the most junior lawyers by nearly 9% - believed to be the biggest rise at this level in leading London firms - and is followed by Mayer Brown which is putting them up by nearly 8%.

27 August 2015

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Third in line, according to Legal Cheek, is Dentons which is putting up pay packets by 7%. However, Allen & Overy remains the top UK-based payer of newly-qualifieds, offering £78,500. It still comes a long way behind the top payer in London, US law firm Sullivan & Cromwell which is paying £101,500.

£70,000 at Travers

Travers Smith is pushing up salaries by £6,000 to bring the newly-qualified standard pay to £70,000. Mayer Brown pay is going up £5,000 to £69,000. Source: Legal Cheek