Law firms Keeping the talent: Clifford Chance votes through changes to lockstep in bid to stem flow of star partners Legal Business · 6 May 2015 · 2 min read Law firm management Partnership Salaries Clifford Chance The partnership at Clifford Chance (CC) has voted through proposed changes to its remuneration system which will see the firm deploy a more flexible lockstep by stretching the top of the ladder in a bid to retain star partners.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryRevolving Doors: Simpson Thacher launches in Singapore as Ropes, Clifford Chance build in ParisLaw firmsEliza Winter7 Apr 2026Spread of transatlantic firms in the mix on Unilever’s $45bn food business saleLaw firmsEliza Winter31 Mar 2026Sidley hits Clifford Chance for heavyweight restructuring duo as firm’s London hiring gathers paceLaw firmsWill Lewallen31 Mar 2026‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of businessLaw firmsElisha Juttla9 Dec 2024‘We don’t have a large ship to turn around’ – Eversheds Sutherland co-CEOs to canvas partners on strategy plansLaw firmsAnna Huntley18 Nov 2024NRF to incentivise cross-border work with formalised global management committeeLaw firmsAnna Huntley24 Sep 2024A&O Shearman to cut partnership by 10% and close Johannesburg base in post-merger shake-upLaw firmsAlex Ryan6 Sep 2024‘After Lehman collapsed, salaries still went up’: Magic Circle NQ pay rises as market coolsLaw firmsHolly McKechnie17 May 2023Time for a reality check on salariesLaw firmsNathalie Tidman28 Apr 2022