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Updated: Keeping up with the US – Freshfields and Clifford Chance match Cravath associate pay rates

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Legal Business
9 June 2016
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In a bid to compete with its US rivals, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance have followed in the footsteps of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, matching the salaries of its US-based associates, bringing pay to $180,000.

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