LAWJOBSPIPELINE.COM – The Law Jobs Blog – The London ‘branch office’ of US mega-lawyers Weil Gotshal has lifted the ever-rising bar of UK pay rates with newly qualified lawyers now receiving £90,000, representing a 20 per cent jump from £75,000. First-year associates who qualified in September 2006 will receive an average of £95,000.
This jump puts the London lawyers in the firm in a better-paid position than their New York counerparts.
The new London pay-scale increases in bands every half-year, with second-years taking home £102,300; and third-years £114,600.
