Legal firm Pinsent Masons has increased its starting salaries for entry-level lawyers by boosting by £16,000.
Newly qualified solicitors will be offered positions in the firm’s three Scottish offices and will receive salaries of £61,000 – a 35.5% increase on existing levels.
The move is part of the firm’s intent to attract Scotland’s next generation of litigators, advisors and dealmakers.
Pinsent Masons last year offered positions to 16 newly qualified solicitors in Scotland with six based in Glasgow, five in Edinburgh, four in Aberdeen, and one opting for a London-based role.
The new salary levels will take effect from September, with London rates increasing by 22.6% from £75,000 to £92,000.
Katharine Hardie, partner and chair of Pinsent Masons in Scotland and Northern Ireland, said: “As a purpose-led professional services firm we are committed to attracting, retaining and nurturing the best young lawyers in the profession and are willing to offer top of the market salaries to achieve this.
“Our Scottish teams play central roles in numerous national and international instructions which are part and parcel of working for a global firm with an extensive geographic footprint.
“We believe the opportunity to be based in Scotland and to work on high-profile mandates on behalf of many of the country’s leading corporates, combined with competitive salaries, agile working and our long-held commitment to gender equality and diversity and inclusion, is a compelling offer which will appeal to ambitious young lawyers starting out in their legal careers.”
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