Trio of international firms hike salaries for newly-qualified lawyers Tom Cox[email protected]16 June 2025Pay Ashurst, CMS and DLA Piper have all hiked pay for newly qualified (NQ) lawyers as the battle for junior talent continues to rage.Ashurst has increased its NQ salary to £140,000, with DLA bumping rates up to £130,000 and CMS to £120,000.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 categoryTrading Places: Ropes hires Freshfields levfin co-head as top Kirkland litigator retiresRevolving Doors: Paul Weiss grows funds practice as A&O Shearman welcomes Paul Hastings London partner‘The US are taking over’ – will DLA’s integration shift the balance of power?‘We needed more flexibility’ – Georgia Dawson on reshaping Freshfields for the futureWhite & Case revamps partner assessment as pay decisions loomAddleshaws partners approve plan to extend top of pay ladder to £3mSkadden and Paul Weiss lead as Intel buys back $14bn Apollo stake in Irish semiconductor plant‘We want to be bigger, better, everywhere’ – John Quinn on why Quinn Emanuel isn’t slowing downDentons spins off entire UK immigration practice to Vialto