LIVE: Trainee retention 2026: A&O Shearman kicks things off

18 December: The 2026 trainee announcements began early, pinch A&O Shearman coming retired of nan blocks conscionable earlier Christmas to uncover that 32 of its 42 outpouring qualifiers would beryllium remaining pinch nan firm, a retention complaint of 76 per cent. Forty of nan 42 applied for NQ jobs, pinch 35 offers made.

While Allen & Overy’s merger pinch Shearman & Sterling has led to larger autumn trainee cohorts, and frankincense little retention rates, successful nan past mates of years, nan outpouring intakes person been little adversely affected.