Law firms Freshfields the latest to post reduced retention rate with 82% of trainees kept on Legal Business · 18 March 2016 · 1 min read Law firm management Freshfields Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, the last Magic Circle firm to post its trainee retention rate this spring, posted a reduced figure, keeping on 82% of trainees this spring. The firm offered 33 of 38, or 87% of its trainees places.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: HSF Kramer hires Sidley life sciences head as Ashurst Perkins Coie sees further departuresLaw firmsNews Editor6 Oct 2026Clifford Chance, Freshfields, DLA on call as BT strikes £400m rescue deal for TalkTalkLaw firmsWill Lewallen5 Oct 2026Freshfields New York private equity partners move to DebevoiseLaw firmsWill Lewallen5 Oct 2026‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of businessLaw firmsElisha Juttla9 Dec 2024‘We don’t have a large ship to turn around’ – Eversheds Sutherland co-CEOs to canvas partners on strategy plansLaw firmsAnna Huntley18 Nov 2024NRF to incentivise cross-border work with formalised global management committeeLaw firmsAnna Huntley24 Sep 2024Revolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London movesLaw firmsAnna Huntley9 Jan 2025Five partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partnerLaw firmsTom Cox7 Jan 2025‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryLaw firmsAnna Huntley7 Jan 2025