Allen & Overy will employ 43 of its 46 trainees who are qualifying this Spring, giving the firm an excellent 93% retention rate.
It is A&O's strongest Spring result in years. In 2014 the firm kept on 84% of its March qualifiers, while in 2013 it managed just 70%. The latest crop of qualifiers may have benefited from increased demand for their services, as A&O has slashed the size of its intake by around 25% since the heady pre-credit crunch days.
Fellow Magic Circle firm Freshfields has also announced a solid result. It is retaining 85% of its Spring qualifiers, having offered jobs to 44 out of 48, with 41 accepting. However White & Case trumps both firms, albeit with a far smaller intake, as it rolls into the trainee party with a sweet mixtape, a crate of Hooch and permanent contracts for all 13 of its February qualifiers.
White & Case partner and training principal Justin Benson said the calibre of trainees was "outstanding". It seems to have been stellar last Spring, too, when the firm also retained 100% of its London intake.
Meanwhile Osborne Clarke has posted a decent 89%, keeping eight of a nine-strong cohort. Last spring OB kept on 100% of its six Spring qualifiers and while the latest result doesn't match that, it is an improvement on September when three out of nine trainees left the building. Channeling The X-Factor, partner-in-charge-of-trainees Catherine Wolfenden said Osborne Clarke looked forward to "continuing the journey" with its newest solicitors.
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It is A&O's strongest Spring result in years. In 2014 the firm kept on 84% of its March qualifiers, while in 2013 it managed just 70%. The latest crop of qualifiers may have benefited from increased demand for their services, as A&O has slashed the size of its intake by around 25% since the heady pre-credit crunch days.
Fellow Magic Circle firm Freshfields has also announced a solid result. It is retaining 85% of its Spring qualifiers, having offered jobs to 44 out of 48, with 41 accepting. However White & Case trumps both firms, albeit with a far smaller intake, as it rolls into the trainee party with a sweet mixtape, a crate of Hooch and permanent contracts for all 13 of its February qualifiers.
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White & Case partner and training principal Justin Benson said the calibre of trainees was "outstanding". It seems to have been stellar last Spring, too, when the firm also retained 100% of its London intake.
Meanwhile Osborne Clarke has posted a decent 89%, keeping eight of a nine-strong cohort. Last spring OB kept on 100% of its six Spring qualifiers and while the latest result doesn't match that, it is an improvement on September when three out of nine trainees left the building. Channeling The X-Factor, partner-in-charge-of-trainees Catherine Wolfenden said Osborne Clarke looked forward to "continuing the journey" with its newest solicitors.
If you know your firm's trainee retention stats, write in.