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Goodbye lockstep – HSF latest City leader to give richer rewards for rainmakers

Herbert Smith Freehills
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Tom Baker
8 December 2017
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Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has backed a shake-up of its partnership that will boost top performers’ earnings by a third, hiking plateau equity shares from 100 to 130 points.

The move substantially lengthens its core pay ‘ladder’ and paves the way for top City earners to take home well over £1.5m with bonuses. The overhaul comes just weeks after Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer voted through similar reforms.

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