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(Heat)waves in London’s legal market. Trends in the second quarter of 2025
Three heatwaves in already… and the school summer holidays have barely started! It’s that time of year when law firm partners head away on two-week breaks, leaving (sometimes) hapless associates to keep their transactions moving forwards in their absence.

HSF Kramer boosts newly qualified lawyer pay to £145,000
Charlie Harvey is quoted in the Financial News

Mid-tier UK law firms hand big pay rises to junior lawyers
Charlie Harvey is quoted in the Financial Times

Freshfields eyes non-equity partner switch in battle for talent
Charlie Harvey is quoted in the Financial News

A legal whirlwind! Trends in the first quarter of 2025
The first three months of 2025 were an absolute whirlwind – with the international press barely catching breath before breaking another story on the Trump administration’s attack on ‘Big Law’.

London lawyer hiring frenzy hits record as pay wars rage – Partner moves across City hit highest number in at least a decade
Charlie Harvey is quoted in the Financial Times

Tectonic shifts in London’s legal sector – what a year 2024 has been! And what we can expect in 2025…
Charlie Harvey sets out key trends in London’s legal sector in an end-of-year article