Quarter of in-house lawyers’ salaries frozen in past 12 months as average increase falls

Quarter of in-house lawyers’ salaries frozen in past 12 months as average increase falls

Almost a quarter of in-house lawyers suffered pay freezes in the last 12 months, double the 10% who had their pay frozen the previous year, according to recent research from Thomson Reuters.

The Incomes Data Services executive compensation review found that the impact on the most senior in-house counsel was the most dramatic, with 30% of employers freezing basic salaries for their heads of legal, up from 13% in 2012.

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