Paul Hastings joins battle for legal talent with £141,750 salaries for newly qualified lawyers
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Paul Hastings has thrown its hat into the battle for legal talent, after raising salaries paid out to newly qualified lawyers in its London offices to £141,750.
The Los Angeles based law firm is set to hike salaries paid out to its newly qualified associates by 7 per cent, from £133,000 to £141,750, according to Legal Cheek.
Paul Hastings salary hikes put the West Coast firm ahead of its New Yorker rivals, Cleary Gottleib, which pays its newly qualified lawyers £140,000.
However, Paul Hastings £141,750 salaries leave it lagging behind Boston based rivals, Goodwin Procter, which last week upped its salaries to unprecedented heights of £161,500.
The salary hikes come as Paul Hastings faces criticism for carrying out lobbying activities on the part of Israeli spyware firm NSO Group.
The salary hikes come after Milbank sparked a fresh bidding war in January after upping salaries paid out to newly qualified associates to $215,000 (~£160,000).