A handful of US firms have increased their salaries for first and second year trainees in London in recent months, putting their most junior lawyers even further ahead of their counterparts at UK-headquartered firms.
McDermott Will & Schulte, Milbank, Kirkland & Ellis, and Sullivan & Cromwell have all upped trainee salaries to £70,000 for first year trainees and £75,000 for second-years.
