As the UK firm promotion season approaches, we stepped back to analyse the partner promotions that have already been made by the US firms in London. With more than 70 US headquartered firms now established in London, and over 65 having announced partner promotions across Q4 2025 and Q1 2026 we reviewed promotion data from 2018 to today to see if there were any signals if may give about the current market. Our analysis is below, but the three key takeaways that we had were: U

An overview of how law firm career pages can give us an insight into what is happening in the London Legal recruitment market.

Insights into the banking & finance recruitment market at law firms in London

The London market for US law firms has entered a more mature and competitive phase. What were once small, client-service outposts have evolved into established operations, with some offices now as big in some cases bigger than established leading UK headquartered international firms. Alongside these are smaller/mid sized platforms pursuing expansion, contributing to heightened competition for lateral talent. As the market matures, increased mobility among partners has become

A short article on how the new Magic Circle NQ salaries could affect the recruitment market in 2025

Over the summer the magic circle firms (led by Freshfields) increased NQ salaries by 20% from £125k to £150k. These increases soon had...