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Cleary bumps up London junior pay in end to salary freeze

Cleary bumps up London junior pay in end to salary freeze
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Legal Business
3 July 2014
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has increased its trainee and junior-level associate pay following a salary freeze, pushing second year post qualification experience (PQE) lawyers into a six digit sum.

The new pay bands will see year one and two trainees pocket an extra £2,000 each, totalling £42,000 and £47,000 respectively.

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