Linklaters has retained 91 per cent of its qualifying trainees this autumn.
The magic circle firm had 56 final-seat trainees, and 51 applied for newly-qualified jobs, with all of them offered one.
Training principal Nick Rumsby said: “We are very pleased to announce such an impressive retention rate for our September qualification round. We are again fortunate to have a large group of talented junior lawyers qualifying with us – retaining 91 per cent of the cohort is excellent news for Linklaters.”
Linklaters is the third magic circle firm to announce its retention for this September. Allen & Overy has retained 86 per cent of its smallest intake in years, while the figure at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is 95 per cent – that firm’s best result since 2011.
