Osborne Clarke, Cobbetts and Beachcroft have become the latest regional outfits to unveil associate salary rates for the coming year.Osborne Clarke has raised its newly-qualified (NQ) rates in the City to £63,500 - an increase of just £500 on last year. Lawyers in the Thames Valley and Bristol offices will also see salaries increase by £500 to £50,500 and £41,500 respectively - rises of approximately 1%. Beachroft's bandings put it just behind Osborne Clarke, with London NQs taking home between £50,000 and £60,000, up from £47,500-£52,000 last year. In the regional offices, NQs will receive between £34,000 and £40,000, up from £33,000-£37,000. Meanwhile, Cobbetts has introduced a banding system based on performance and practice areas, which will see it move from last year's NQ flat rate of £37,000 to a new rate of £37,000-£41,000.The salary reviews come on the back of redundancy programmes at both Beachcroft and Cobbetts. Beachcroft recently closed its international practice group (IPG) in a move affecting one partner and five lawyers. Meanwhile, Cobbetts has cut six jobs from its real estate group.News of the regional pay rises comes shortly after City firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert announced its associate salary rates for this year. The firm has awarded its associates a 5% pay increase, bringing wages up to £61,000 from the previous figure of £58,000.
August 28, 2008 at 01:58 AM
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Osborne Clarke (pictured), Cobbetts and Beachcroft have become the latest regional outfits to unveil associate salary rates for the coming year.
Osborne Clarke has raised its newly-qualified (NQ) rates in the City to £63,500 – an increase of just £500 on last year. Lawyers in the Thames Valley and Bristol offices will also see salaries increase by £500 to £50,500 and £41,500 respectively – rises of approximately 1%.
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