Nabarro is retaining 100% of its trainees qualifying in Spring while Hogan Lovells has floundered.

Nabarro is keeping all ten of its trainees, the second Spring in a row that it has posted a flawless result after retaining eight out of eight last year. Nabarro grad rec manager Jane Drew said, "it doesn't always work out this way, but when it does it's something to celebrate", and in fact the firm has consistently offered a high proportion of trainees jobs they want. It managed an 81% rate last Summer (13 out of 16) and 94% in Summer 2013 (17 out of 18).

Unlike Hogan Lovells, which has posted a poor 69%. The firm is retaining 22 out of 32 trainees and one of them is on a short-term contract. The firm has a surprisingly poor track record on trainee retention, with rates for the previous five intakes lying between 73% and 79%. This Spring it offered jobs to 26 of the 30 trainees who applied, with four turning it down and a fifth only guaranteed a job for the next three months. Training principal David Moss blamed not having the roles "on this occasion in areas that our people wanted". He said the firm was growing its corporate and finance practices, where he said present and future HogLove trainees "can expect to spend the majority of their time".

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Meanwhile, Ashurst made offers to 21 of its 23 trainees, all of whom accepted, landing it a plum 91% retention rate. The results so far are as follows:



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