Law firms CC matches peers in associate salary race – both Slaughters’ £70k NQs and Links’ 3 year PQE pay Legal Business · 4 June 2015 · 2 min read Pay Associates Clifford Chance Linklaters Slaughter and May Clifford Chance has revealed its 2015 pay bands for newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers, matching the £70,000 NQ rates of Slaughter and May while also meeting Linklaters’ higher salaries for those with two and three year post-qualified experience (PQE).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 categoryLatham and Simpson Thacher power up for $2.6bn EQT-Carlyle data centre dealLaw firmsKate Peacock10 Jul 2026Paul Weiss lands mandate as Apollo swoops in with £5.7bn bid for easyJetLaw firmsTheresa Hargreaves10 Jul 2026EQT selects global relationship firms as PE giant targets closer ties with key advisersLaw firmsWill Lewallen10 Jul 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 2024The new £150k benchmark for Magic Circle associates – ‘rewarding the best’, or ‘slightly alarming’?Law firmsLegal Business28 Jun 2024Comment: Why giving associates exposure to clients could be a win-win scenarioLaw firmsBecky Pritchard4 Aug 2021Revolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesLaw firmsAnna Huntley9 Jan 2025