Law firms Ashurst to retain 95% of autumn trainees as newly-qualifieds as junior pay boosted Madeleine Farman · 12 July 2017 · 1 min read Pay Trainee retention Ashurst Ashurst has retained 95% of its 20-strong second year trainee cohort, with 19 of those in London accepting permanent newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor contracts at the firm.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryRevolving Doors: Weil hires Kirkland secondaries partner as Orrick targets Cadwalader againLaw firmsKate Peacock14 Apr 2026Ashurst and Perkins Coie partners vote through 3,000 lawyer transatlantic mergerLaw firmsWill Lewallen13 Apr 2026Revolving Doors: Simpson Thacher launches in Singapore as Ropes, Clifford Chance build in ParisLaw firmsEliza Winter7 Apr 2026‘Setting ourselves up for the future’ – McDermott ups London trainee pay to £70kLaw firmsElisha Juttla1 Nov 2024Slaughter and May matches magic circle peers with NQ pay hike to £150kLaw firmsTom Cox4 Sep 2024‘At the top of UK associate compensation’ – McDermott hikes London NQ pay to $225kLaw firmsElisha Juttla26 Jul 2024Change was necessary: Ashurst joins the war for talent with 9% NQ pay raiseLaw firmsNathalie Tidman12 Jul 2019CC follows Freshfields with £100k package for junior lawyers as pay war with US rivals intensifiesLaw firmsMarco Cillario10 Jun 2019NQ retention and pay: Good news for NRF and Bird & Bird but FFW puts 5 trainees on extended contractLaw firmsSarah Downey13 Aug 2013