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 categoryPower hungry: how big tech’s demands are supercharging the energy marketRevolving Doors: A&O Shearman builds in Riyadh as Kirkland, Paul Hastings, and more make flurry of City hiresThirty firms win roles in revamped £820m government legal panel – with three new appointmentsA&O Shearman’s first post-merger accounts reveal scale of pension deficit and partner capital injectionsHogan Lovells ups City NQ pay to £140,000Latham rewards more than 20 star performers with new ‘super points’ rankGlobal 100 2025: elite tier set the pace as powerhouse firms pull away‘Technology pervades everything’: Addleshaw Goddard on why it has made tech a key sector as it eyes £1bnSullivan & Cromwell swipes Kirkland PE and tax duo