Slaughter and May has concluded a redundancy consultation which will see 44 secretarial staff leave the firm, the vast majority of which have opted to take voluntary redundancy.

The firm began the consultation last month, with around 28 full-time equivalent roles expected to be affected. However, more secretaries opted to take voluntary redundancy than were required, with 41 taking up the offer, equating to a reduction of 30.3 full-time equivalent (FTE) roles.

A further three or four secretaries have been made redundant involuntarily from the firm's evening team – equating to 2.4 FTE roles – bringing the total number of exits to 44 individuals, or 32.7 FTE positions.