In London, One Firm Raises Associate Pay, Another Doesn’t

Clifford Chance recently announced pay raises of just over 4% for its junior lawyers, according to Legal Week, which brings the big firm in line with its “magic circle” rivals Linklaters and Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer. Allen & Overy, on the other hand, has frozen it associate salaries for 2008, Legal Week reported, the first magic circle firm to do so.

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