Freshfields freezes associate pay bands – move puts firm behind Magic Circle peers’ NQ wages Legal Business9 June 2015Pay Within days of Clifford Chance (CC) announcing its pay bands in the associate salary race to match Magic Circle peers, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has decided to freeze salaries for junior lawyers at 2014’s levels.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 categoryTrading Places: Ropes hires Freshfields levfin co-head as top Kirkland litigator retiresFreshfields and Covington advise as Merck acquires US biotech company Terns for $6.7bnPinsents and Freshfields in the mix as Danone eats up Huel for €1bn‘Setting ourselves up for the future’ – McDermott ups London trainee pay to £70kSlaughter and May matches magic circle peers with NQ pay hike to £150k‘At the top of UK associate compensation’ – McDermott hikes London NQ pay to $225kRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetry