The polls have closed and the votes have been counted - it’s time for RollOnFriday’s Best Law Firms to Work At 2024.
Over eight thousand people working in private practice rated their firm's pay, career development, management, culture, work/life balance and office, and their labour has provided a grateful nation with the definitive guide to where’s pleasant to work in UK law.
Atop the pinnacle, Burges Salmon has clinched victory for the third time in a row, while Bird & Bird, as last year, placed second, and was first among City firms.
While the silver and bronze firms are identical, there’s significant change amongst the rest of the top ten. Mills & Reeve and Clarke Willmott still feature, otherwise there’s a new crop of Very Happy Workforces - at Michelmores, Birketts, Harbottle & Lewis, Blake Morgan, Russell-Cooke and Forsters, all of which make appearances for the first time.
Weil is the US firm with the most satisfied staff. Outgoing Shearman used to do very well, but it didn’t scare up enough entries this year to qualify, nor did Sidley Austin.
Of the Magic Circle, Allen & Overy, Freshfields and Clifford Chance are dead level in joint 40th with 64%. Like last year, Linklaters is fourth of the pack and Slaughter and May fifth. It came 67th, scoring one percentage point higher than 2023 with 53%. At this rate, gold will be achieved in just over 30 years.
It cleared the Golden Turd, however, buffered from the bottom by Kennedys in 69th, Paul Hastings...
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