Salary at Herbert Smith Freehills

The pay is below market, but the billable hour targets are the highest in the market (7.5 billable hours per day).

Pay is 'at-market', but in truth should be at the top of the market (particularly accounting for hours worked).

Competitive, especially as a graduate lawyer, however you can't get bonuses as a graduate.

On par with other top tier firms.

Due to the economy, it has been a bit meh.

Starting graduate salary is pretty good.

The pay is very good. We got a bonus for being admitted into the legal profession. And all the grads are in lock-step so that there is no feeling of competition or stress to do well during the rotations. Only once we have settled into where we want to go does the pay become unlocked and we can earn pay rises.

I think the pay is pretty good, though it is not market leading. Given the cost-of-living crisis, I would certainly like to see it higher. I am not sure what the bonus situation looks like.

Firm lunch every Thursday, Fridays off to complete PLT. So much free food.

Pretty good, we get a health and wellbeing allowance, a WFH allowance, uber expenses, after hours meals

Ubers home after hours, generous annual health and wellbeing budget, in-house kitchen for dinners if you are working late. Firm-wide lunch every Thursday.

Generous firm lunches - tends to be an office lunch once a fortnight. Ubers home for work after 7pm. WFH and wellbeing allowances.

Ubers are firm paid after 7, and meals after 8. There is also a lot of benefits which the firm is proud of and displays in an annual 'firm expo'.

Whole office lunches once a week. Uber rides post 7pm. Free meals post 6:30pm. Internal Cafe in the office and young professional networks that host events post in the office and out of the office.

Weekly firm lunch is a popular one. Their paid parental leave policy is very generous and highly valued.

We get a small sum for wholistic wellbeing and health care each year. Ubers are available on a reimbursement basis if you work past 7pm. Paternity leave is market now.