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Firm | Offices | Offices | Target Hours | Holiday Allowance | Parental Leave | Solicitor Gender Pay Gap | Healthcare | Flexible Working | Bonus |
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Clarke Willmott | Bristol | Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Manchester, Southampton, Taunton | 1400 | 26-30 days. Option to buy additional 5 days. | Enhanced maternity and paternity pay | Hourly paid: 25.7% (mean). Bonus pay: 45.4% (mean). | Yes | Hybrid working allowing staff to choose | - |
Stevens & Bolton | Guildford | Guildford | 1300 | - | Option of 26 weeks enhanced maternity pay. | 8.2% | Yes | Two days per week in the office and flexible working arrangements available | Yes |
Fieldfisher | London | Belfast, Birmingham, London, Manchester Amsterdam, Beijing, Bologna, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hamburg, Luxembourg, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Turin, Venice | - | 25 - 30 | Enhanced maternity | 1500 | Yes | - | Yes |
Macfarlanes | London | London Brussels | None | 26 | Enhanced maternity - 26 weeks at full pay. Paternity leave - 4 weeks at full pay. | - | Yes | Hybrid working model | Yes |
A&O Shearman | London | Belfast, London Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bangkok, Barcelona, Beijing, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Bratislava, Casablanca, Doha, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Perth, Prague, Rome, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Warsaw, Abu Dhabi, Austin, Houston, Menlo Park, San Francisco, São Paulo, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington, D.C. | 1750 | 25 | 6 weeks at full pay, 33 weeks at statutory minimum. Bonus of 6 weeks' pay at start of maternity leave and a bonus of 8 weeks' pay for returning employees who stay for 3 months. | - | Yes | - | - |
Walker Morris | Leeds | Leeds | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
DLA Piper | London | Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Sheffield Aarhus, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Auckland, Beijing, Bratislava, Brisbane, Bogotá, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver, Yellowknife), Casablanca, Cologne, Copenhagen, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Kuwait City, Kyiv, Lima, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Madrid, Manama, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Muscat, Oslo, Paris, Perth, Prague, Rome, Seoul, Shanghai, Santiago, Singapore, Stockholm, St Petersburg, Sydney, Tokyo, USA (Albany, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New Jersey, New York, Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Raleigh, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Washington DC, Wilmington), Warsaw, Wellington, Vienna | 1500 | 25 | 18 weeks, up to 40 weeks once 2 years' service. 5 days paternity leave. | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Knights | Newcastle | Birmingham, Cheltenham, Chester, Crawley, Exeter, Leeds, Leicester, Maidstone, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Sheffield, Stoke, Teesside, Weybridge, Wilmslow, York | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pinsent Masons | London |
Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Falklands, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester
Beijing, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Hong Kong, Madrid, Melbourne, Munich, Paris, Perth, Singapore, Shanghai, Sydney |
1500 | 25 | Employees with more than one year's continuous service at the start of the 15th week before the EWC get enhanced pay. Full pay for 26 weeks of maternity leave, made up of a top up during leave and a return to work bonus after completion of six months further service. | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Squire Patton Boggs | Cleveland |
Birmingham, Leeds, London, Manchester
Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Berlin, Birmingham, Böblingen, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Darwin, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Madrid, Moscow, Paris, Perth, Prague, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Warsaw |
1300 | 23 | 3 levels depending on length of service. Max package offers 100% pay for 18 weeks and 50% until 29 weeks after birth | - | - | - | - |
Addleshaw Goddard | London | Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Oman, Singapore | 1600 | 25 | Enhanced maternity and paternity | - | Yes | - | - |
Capsticks | London | Birmingham, Leeds, London, Winchester | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
DWF | Manchester | Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle Berlin, Brisbane, Brussels, Chicago, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Cologne, Melbourne, Milan, Munich, Newcastle (NSW), Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto | Undisclosed | 25 | - | - | Yes | Yes | - |
Mayer Brown | Chicago | London Brussels, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Paris, USA (Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Washington DC), Asia (Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
RPC | London | Bristol, London Hong Kong, Singapore | 1575 | 22 - 25 | Enhanced | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Stephenson Harwood | London | London Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Paris, Piraeus, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Yangon | 1550 | 25 | - | - | - | - | Yes |
Ashurst | London | London, Glasgow Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brisbane, Brussels, Canberra, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Madrid, Melbourne, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Perth, Port Moresby, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Washington DC | 1600 | 27 | 20 weeks on full pay | - | Yes | - | - |
Eversheds Sutherland | London | Belfast, Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Ipswich, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Belfast Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Berne, Brunei Darussalam, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Durban, Dusseldorf, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Port Louis, Riga, Rome, Singapore, Stockholm, Rotterdam, Shanghai, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Tunis, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw, Zurich | 1500 | 26 | 6 weeks at 90% of salary, 12 weeks at 50%. Return to work bonus of 10% of the 6 week period and 50% of the 12 week period for those back at work after 6 months. | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Mills & Reeve | London | Birmingham, Cambridge, Manchester, Leeds, London, Norwich | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sackers | London | London | 1400 | 30 | 16 weeks full pay, 4 weeks half pay and SMP | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Taylor Wessing | London | Cambridge, London Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Bratislava, Brussels, Brno, Budapest, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Eindhoven, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Kiev, Klagenfurt, Munich, New York, Paris, Prague, Singapore, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Vienna, Warsaw | 1600 | 25 | For those with 2 years of service or more, enhanced maternity pay for 39 weeks; 18 weeks at 100% and the remainder at statutory rates. | - | - | - | Yes |
Baker McKenzie | Chicago | Belfast, London Abu Dhabi, Almaty, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bahrain, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Brussels, Cairo, Casablanca, Doha, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Geneva, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Kyiv, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Prague, Rome, St Petersburg, Stockholm, Vienna, Warsaw, Zurich | 1700 | 25 | Enhanced | - | Yes | - | - |
Irwin Mitchell | Sheffield | Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Southampton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Farrers | London | London | 1250 | 25 | Enhanced maternity policy. | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Weightmans | Liverpool | Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Slaughter and May | London | London Brussels, Beijing, Hong Kong | None | 30 | Maternity pay in excess of statutory minimum | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Trowers & Hamlins | London | Birmingham, Exeter, London, Manchester Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Oman | 1550 | 25 | Statutory, although a maternity bonus is payable after a qualifying period. | - | - | - | - |
Watson, Farley & Williams | London | London Athens, Bangkok, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, Singapore, | None | 25 | 6 weeks at 90% salary (statutory) 26 weeks at 50% (Enhanced maternity pay and statutory pay). Remaining 7 weeks at statutory level | - | Yes | - | - |
Bird & Bird | London | London Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Beijing, Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, The Hague, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Lyon, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Prague, Rome, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Warsaw | 1550 | 25 days | Yes | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Kennedys | United Kingdom | Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Taunton Auckland, Austin, Basking Ridge, Bogotá, Brisbane, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dubai, Dublin, Fort Lauderdale, Hamilton, Hong Kong, Houston, Lima, Madrid, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, Muscat, New York, Paris, Perth, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Santiago, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Wilmington | 1,550 | 25-30 days allowance. Flexible bank holiday leave. | 26 weeks full pay after 26 weeks' service for maternity, adoption and SPL. Four weeks full pay for co-parent leave. | - | Yes | Hybrid working policy allows flexibility to combine working from home, with working from the office. Teams / offices have the discretion to decide on what attendance in the office is appropriate dependent on business needs. | - |
Gibson Dunn | Los Angeles | London Century City, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Orange County, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Brussels, Frankfurt, Munich, Pari, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
TLT | Bristol | Belfast, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Manchester Piraeus | - | 25-33 | 2 Weeks of paternity leave (full pay for one week + one week statutory), Shared parental leave & maternity pay: up to full pay for 9 weeks/half pay for 6 weeks/statutory shared parental pay for 22 weeks/ statutory maternity pay for 24 weeks (depending on length of service). | - | Yes | Yes. | Yes |
Winckworth Sherwood | London | London, Manchester, Oxford | 1500 | 25 | Yes – enhanced maternity and paternity pay | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bristows | London | London Brussels | None | 23 - 25 | - | - | Yes | - | - |
Latham & Watkins | Los Angeles | London Beijing, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Rome, Singapore, Seoul, Shanghai, Tokyo, USA (Boston, Century City, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington DC) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Freshfields | London | London, Manchester Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Madrid, Manama, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Riyadh, Rome, Singapore Shanghai, Tokyo, Vienna, Washington DC | None | 26 | 26 weeks full pay maternity leave and half salary for another 6 weeks | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Travers Smith | London | London Paris | None | 25 | - | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Winston & Strawn | Chicago | London Brussels, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Dubai, Hong Kong, Houston, Los Angeles, Moscow, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Washington DC | - | 25 | - | - | Yes | - | - |
BCLP | London | Manchester Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Berlin, Boulder, Brussels, Charlotte, Chicago, Colorado Springs, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Irvine, Jefferson City, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Moscow, New York, Overland Park, Paris, Phoenix, San Francisco, Singapore, Shanghai, Southern Illinois, St. Louis, Tel Aviv, Washington | - | 25 | - | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Penningtons Manches | London | Basingstoke, Cambridge, Guildford, London, Oxford, Reading San Francisco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gowling WLG | London | Birmingham, London Beijing, Brussels, Canada (Calgary, Hamilton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Waterloo Region), Dubai, Guangzhou, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Stuttgart | - | - | - | - | - | - | No |
HF (Horwich Farrelly) | Manchester | London, Cardiff, Manchester, Liverpool, York, Salford, Belfast, Faream | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Weil | New York City | London Beijing, Boston, Dallas, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, Miami, Munich, New York, Paris, Prague, Princeton, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Warsaw, Washington DC | 1600 | 23 - 28 | 26 weeks at 100% of salary, 26 weeks at 50% of salary | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Kirkland & Ellis | Chicago | London Beijing, Boston, Chicago ,Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai, Washington DC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Burges Salmon | Bristol | Bristol, London, Edinburgh | 1,450 (700 for trainees) | 25 days (+1 after 3, 6 and 10 years) | Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay. | - | Yes | Hybrid working model, allowing staff to work more flexibly | Yes |
PWC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Herbert Smith Freehills | London | Belfast, London Bangkok, Beijing, Berlin, Brisbane, Brussels, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Madrid, Melbourne, Milan, Moscow, New York, Paris, Perth, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo | 1700 | 27 | Enhanced maternity policy for those with 26 weeks service at 14th week before EWC. 18 weeks full pay, 8 weeks SMP, 26 weeks unpaid. | - | Yes | - | Yes |
White & Case | New York City |
London
Abu Dhabi, Astana, Beijing, Berlin, Bratislava, Brussels, Cairo, Doha, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Madrid, Manila, Melbourne, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Prague, USA (Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, New York, São Paulo, Silicon Valley, Tampa, Washington DC), Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Tashkent, Tokyo, Warsaw |
1750 | 25 | 100% of salary for 6 months, 50% of salary for a further 14 weeks. | - | - | - | Yes |
BDB Pitmans | Reading | London, Reading, Southampton, Cambridge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Charles Russell Speechlys | London | Cheltenham, Guilford, London Doha, Dubai, Geneva, Luxembourg, Manama, Paris, Zurich | 1500 | 25-28 depending on length of service | Enhanced maternity pay of 18 weeks full pay after one year's service | - | Yes | - | No |
Shakespeare Martineau | Birmingham | Birmingham, Brussels, Leicester, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Solihull, Stratford Upon Avon | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Hogan Lovells | London | Birmingham, London Alicante, Amsterdam, Beijing, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, Monterrey, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Perth, Rome, Shanghai, Singapore, São Paulo, Sydney, Tokyo, USA (Baltimore, Boston, Colorado Springs, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Louisville, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington DC), Warsaw | 1700 | 25 | Enhanced maternity after one year's service | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Withers | London |
Cambridge, London
British Virgin Islands, Geneva, Greenwich, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Milan, New Haven, New York, Padua, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego, San Francisco, Sydney |
1400 | 25 | Enhanced | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ogier | Jersey | Guernsey, Jersey, London British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Shanghai, Tokyo | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Clifford Chance | London |
London, Newcastle
Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Beijing, Brussels, Bucharest, Casablanca, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Perth, Prague, Rome, São Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, Tokyo, Warsaw, Washington |
1800 | 25 | 28 weeks on full pay and 17 weeks on statutory maternity pay | - | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Shoosmiths | Milton Keynes | Manchester, Belfast, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Nottingham, Southampton, Thames Valley | None | 23 to 30. Plus a day for birthday and a day for CSR | Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay available | - | Yes | Yes | - |
Hill Dickinson | Liverpool | Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco, Hong Kong | - | 25 | Yes | - | - | Yes | Yes |
Jones Day | Cleveland | London Amsterdam, Atlanta, Beijing, Boston, Brisbane, Brussels, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, Irvine, Los Angeles, Madrid, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Minneapolis, Moscow, Munich, New York, Paris, Perth, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, São Paulo, Saudi Arabia, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, Washington DC | 1700 | 25 | Enhanced, 6 months full pay | - | - | - | Yes |
Mishcon De Reya | London | London Singapore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Clyde & Co | London |
Aberdeen, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guildford, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford
Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Beijing, Brisbane, Cape Town, Caracas, Chicago, Dar es Salaam, Doha, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Los Angeles, Madrid, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, Montréal, Nantes, New Jersey, New York, Orange County, Paris, Perth, Riyadh, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, Washington DC |
1450 | 25 | Enhanced. Full pay for 13 weeks, £200 a week for another 13 weeks. | - | Yes | - | - |
Slater and Gordon | Melbourne | Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Preston, Watford Oz | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
HFW | London | London Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Dubai, Geneva, Hong Kong, Houston, Melbourne, Paris, Perth, Piraeus, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney | 1500 | 25 - 27 | Statutory plus discretionary for maternity | - | Yes | - | Yes |
K&L Gates | Pittsburgh | London Beijing, Berlin, Brisbane, Brussels, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Munich, Milan, Paris, Perth, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, USA (Austin, Boston, Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Fort Worth, Harrisburg, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark, Orange County, Palo Alto, Pittsburgh, Portland, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC, Wilmington), Warsaw | 1600 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Carey Olsen | Jersey | Guernsey, Jersey, London Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cape Town, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Singapore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
CMS | London | Aberdeen, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Sheffield, Reading Barcelona, Bratislava, Dubai, Geneva, Kyiv, Ljubljana, Madrid, Seville, Singapore, Zurich | 1500 | 25 - 28 | Enhanced (full pay for 10 weeks, half pay for 16 weeks plus return to work bonus) | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Cooley | Palo Alto | London Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Colorado, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Washington DC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Axiom Ince | London | London Beijing, Shanghai | None | 25 - 27 | 10 weeks maternity leave at full pay, 4 weeks at 75% of pay, 4 weeks at 50% of pay and then 8 weeks at SMP. | - | Yes | - | Yes |
KWM | Hong Kong | London | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Baker Botts | Houston | London Austin, Beijing, Brussels, Dallas, Dubai, HK, Kuwait, Texas, Moscow, NY, Palo Alto, Riyadh, San Francisco, Washington | 1600 hours | - | Maternity leave: 12 weeks full pay Paternity leave: 2 weeks full pay |
- | Yes | - | Discretionary |
DAC Beachcroft | London | Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Newport, Winchester Bogotá D.C, Dublin, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Santiago de Chile, Singapore | 1440-1500 | 24-30 | The firm pays 12 weeks at full pay and 12 weeks at half pay | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Ropes & Gray | Boston | London Chicago, Hong Kong, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Tokyo and Washington, D.C. | - | - | Maternity & Paternity Policy - Six months full pay maternity/adoption - Six months shared parental leave - One month full pay paternity/adoption - Parental leave coaching |
- | Yes | Back-up childcare and adult-care | - |
Linklaters | London | London Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bangkok, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, Dubai, Dusseldorf, Frankurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, São Paulo, Seoul, Singapore, Shanghai, Stockholm, Tokyo, Warsaw, Washington DC | 1700 | 25 | Enhanced maternity leave provisions - equivalent to 26 weeks full pay | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Reed Smith | Pittsburgh | London Abu Dhabi, Athens, Austin, Beijing, Century City, Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, Kazakhstan, Los Angeles, Miami, Munich, New York, Paris, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Richmond, San Francisco, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tysons, Washington DC, Wilmington | 1500 | 25 | 4 months full pay with returning bonus of one month's salary | - | - | - | - |
Morrison & Foerster | San Francisco |
London
Beijing, Berlin, Brussels, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, USA (Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Northern Virginia, Palo Alto, San Diego, San Francisco, Washington DC) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Debevoise & Plimpton | New York City | London Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Moscow, New York, Paris, Shanghai, Tokyo, Washington DC | None | 22 | Enhanced | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton | New York | London Frankfurt, Beijing, Washington DC, Cologne, Buenos Aires, Paris, Rome, Sao Paulo, Brussels, Milan, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Seoul, Moscow | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sidley Austin | Chicago | London Beijing, Brussels, Geneva, Hong Kong, Munich, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, USA (Boston, Century City, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Washington DC) | None | 25 | 22 weeks maternity at full salary. | - | Yes | - | - |
Bevan Brittan | Birmingham | Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, London | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dechert | Philadelphia | London Almaty, Austin, Beijing, Bonn, Boston, Brussels, Charlotte, Chicago, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hartford, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Moscow, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Philadelphia, Princeton, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Washington DC | 1750 | 28 | Maternity policy is enhanced to 18 weeks at 100% of pay. Paternity is enhanced to 4 weeks. | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Akin Gump | Washington, DC | London Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Dallas, Dubai, Fort Worth, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hartford, Hong Kong, Houston, Irvine, Los Angeles, Moscow, New York, Philadelphia, San Antonio, San Francisco, Singapore, Washington DC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Norton Rose Fulbright | London | London Amsterdam, Athens, Bahrain, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Brussels, Bogotá, Canada (Calgary, Montréal, Ottawa, Québec, Toronto, Vancouver), Canberra, Cape Town, Caracas, Casablanca, Dar es Salaam, Dubai, Durban, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Luxembourg, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Monaco, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Perth, Piraeus, Port Moresby, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, USA (Austin, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, San Antonio, San Francisco, St Louis, Washington DC), Tokyo, Warsaw | 1500 | 25 | Enhanced maternity, subject to length of service | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Simmons & Simmons | London |
Bristol, London
Amsterdam, Beijing Brussels, Doha, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore |
1600 | 25 | 26 weeks at 100% average weekly earnings + 13 weeks at Statutory Maternity Pay and remaining 13 weeks unpaid | - | Yes | - | - |
Womble Bond Dickinson | Winston-Salem | Aberdeen, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Plymouth, and Southampton. Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charleston, Charlotte, Charlottesville, Columbia, Greensboro, Greenville, Los Angeles, Orange County, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, Silicon Valley, Tysons, Washington DC, Wilmington, Winston-Salem | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dentons | London | Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Milton Keynes Canada (Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver), United States (Albany, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Hilo, Honolulu, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Orange County, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco/Oakland, Short Hills, Silicon Valley, St. Louis, Tysons, Washington DC), Latin America and the Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bogotá, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guanacaste, Guatemala City, Guyana, Jamaica, Lima, Mexico City, Monterrey, Montserrat, Panama City, San José, San Salvador, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and The Grenadines), Europe (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris Rome), Central and Eastern Europe (Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Istanbul, Prague, Warsaw), Russia and the Caucasus (Kyiv, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tbilisi), Africa (Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca, Johannesburg), Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai, Muscat), Central Asia (Almaty, Astana, Baku, Tashkent), China (Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, plus 42 more), Singapore, Asia Pacific (Port Moresby, Seoul, Ulaanbaatar, Yangon), Australia (Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney) | 1600 | 25/26 | Enhanced maternity pay | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Birketts | Ipswich | Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Osborne Clarke | London | Bristol, London, Reading Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Busto Arsizio, Brescia, Brussels, Cologne, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Padua, Palo Alto, Paris, Rome, San Francisco, Stockholm, Zaragoza | 1300 | 25-28 | Enhanced parentla leave of 12 weeks' full pay on completion of 1 year's service, 15 weeks' full pay on completion of 3 years' service on or before the 11th week prior to the EWC | - | Yes | - | Yes |
Skadden Arps | New York City | London Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, Los Angeles, Moscow, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, Paris, Sau Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, Washington DC, Wilmington | - | 25 | - | - | - | - | Yes |