Law firms Keeping the talent: Clifford Chance votes through changes to lockstep in bid to stem flow of star partners Legal Business · 6 May 2015 · 2 min read Law firm management Partnership Salaries Clifford Chance 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 categoryMacfarlanes advises founder as easyJet accepts £5.7bn Apollo takeover bidLaw firmsKate Peacock6 Aug 2026The new pecking order: key takeaways from the latest magic circle financialsLaw firm dataAlex Ryan5 Aug 2026Top firms advise asset management trio on $16bn Kuwait oil JVLaw firmsWill Lewallen29 Jul 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 2024A&O Shearman to cut partnership by 10% and close Johannesburg base in post-merger shake-upLaw firmsAlex Ryan6 Sep 2024‘After Lehman collapsed, salaries still went up’: Magic Circle NQ pay rises as market coolsLaw firmsHolly McKechnie17 May 2023Time for a reality check on salariesLaw firmsNathalie Tidman28 Apr 2022