Associate pay up across Magic Circle as Freshfields wraps bonuses into base salaries Legal Business7 June 2016Law firm managementSalaries NQs at Freshfields receiving £17.5k extraNewly-qualified (NQ) solicitors at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have received the largest bump in pay of the Magic Circle so far this year, taking home around 25% more than last year.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 categoryRevolving Doors: A&O Shearman builds in Riyadh as Kirkland, Paul Hastings, and more make flurry of City hiresExternal investment trend continues as offshore leader seals private equity deal‘Anything that begins with admin is at risk’ – the pressures fuelling firms’ business services cuts‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of business‘We don’t have a large ship to turn around’ – Eversheds Sutherland co-CEOs to canvas partners on strategy plansNRF to incentivise cross-border work with formalised global management committee‘After Lehman collapsed, salaries still went up’: Magic Circle NQ pay rises as market coolsTime for a reality check on salaries‘US firms have more buying power’ – Allen & Overy tight-lipped as partnership ushers in lockstep reform