Lovells has retained 81% of its March intake of newly-qualified lawyers, with 26 of 32 applicants winning jobs at the City firm.

The news marks a significant increase on September 2009′s retention rate of 69%, when 36 trainees from a qualifying intake of 40 applied for a job at the firm, with a total of 25 taken on. Last March’s intake saw a retention rate of 78%.