Clifford Chance has boosted salaries for its newly-qualified associates in Germany by €20,000, with the figure surpassing that of the firm’s U.K. associates.

Associates based in the firm’s Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich offices will take home €140,000 from November, equating to around £119,000 and up from a previous figure of €120,000, a spokesperson for the firm confirmed on Friday.