Baker & McKenzie tops NQ retention table
26 February 2010
As more law firms have revealed how many trainees they will keep on, Baker & McKenzie has topped the RollOnFriday retention table with a 93% score, with all but one of its London qualifiers being offered a job. 

Back in 2009 the firm kept on 80% of its trainees so this is a significant step in the right direction. Coupled with the news that Freshfields has unfrozen salaries and it's all starting to look a bit healthier.  A spokesman for Baker & McKenzie said, "our priority is always to retain the best talent and these numbers reflect this". 

Allen & Overy has also done well with 83% of trainees being kept on, and Eversheds finally shows why it deserves its superbrand status with a respectable 11 out of 14. 

Firm	No. of qualifying trainees	No. being kept on	Percentage being kept on
Baker & McKenzie	15	14	93
Slaughter and May	24	21	87
Nabarro	14	12	86
Allen & Overy	66	55	83
Freshfields	50	40	80
Travers Smith	5	4	80
Eversheds	14	11	79
Herbert Smith	34	27	79
BLP	16	12	75
CMS	31	23	74
Linklaters	67	49	73
SJ Berwin	14	10	71
Clifford Chance	63	44	70
Reed Smith	13	9	69
Lovells	38	26	68
Irwin Mitchell	6	4	66
Stephenson Harwood	8	4	50
DWS	7	1	14

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