Senior in-house solicitors now take home £165,190 on average, in salary and bonuses, while basic salaries have risen by 12% annually to £126,100, according to legal recruiters Laurence Simons. Its research found that senior in-house lawyers have seen their pay rise by £8,130 this year. While salaries have risen, bonuses have shrunk. The typical 2016 bonus was 31% basic salary, or £39,090, compared to 2015’s 39% of salary, or £44,130. However, bonuses are still comfortably above the going rate in 2014 of £31,500.
23 June 2016
In-house salary survey
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly
Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team
Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes
NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
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