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As the City elite gets coy on associate salaries, US rivals are winning the battle for young talent

James Roome, London head, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
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Madeleine Farman
26 September 2017
Law firm managementFocusMagic CircleSalaries

Madeleine Farman assesses the impact of another round of pay rises on the City market

As US firms continue to hike associate pay for UK lawyers, members of the City’s legal elite are getting increasingly coy over what they are offering their junior ranks… but are such tactics sustainable in the long run?

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