Keeping the talent: Clifford Chance votes through changes to lockstep in bid to stem flow of star partners Legal Business6 May 2015Law firm managementPartnershipSalaries The partnership at Clifford Chance (CC) has voted through proposed changes to its remuneration system which will see the firm deploy a more flexible lockstep by stretching the top of the ladder in a bid to retain star partners.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 categoryThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointments‘Anything that begins with admin is at risk’ – the pressures fuelling firms’ business services cuts‘There’s definitely competition around rates’ – Clifford Chance and Linklaters match Cravath bonuses for US associates‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of business‘We don’t have a large ship to turn around’ – Eversheds Sutherland co-CEOs to canvas partners on strategy plansNRF to incentivise cross-border work with formalised global management committeeA&O Shearman to cut partnership by 10% and close Johannesburg base in post-merger shake-up‘After Lehman collapsed, salaries still went up’: Magic Circle NQ pay rises as market coolsTime for a reality check on salaries