Field Fisher Waterhouse has made 15 secretaries redundant in its London offices.

The job cuts are the result of a secretarial review conducted by the firm over the past five months.

In a statement, the firm said: "Like many other firms across the City, we have reviewed the changing nature of our administrative services against our evolving business needs going forward. We have developed a new structure for administrative support which offers greater flexibility and responsiveness for all our fee earners.

"It is always sad to lose longstanding colleagues, however these changes will ensure that we are resourced appropriately and remain competitive."

Field Fisher declined to comment on the packages offered to those staff asked to leave. A spokesperson for the firm did not disclose any details relating to its new administrative support model, but said that the structure factors in new technology systems.

The news comes as the firm is set to move its London headquarters to Thames-side site Riverbank House during the last week of May.

The office move will combine the firm's City practice in one site. It is currently split between its two buildings at Vine Street and Ibex House in the Minories.

A host of City firms have launched redundancy consultations in recent months. CMS Cameron McKenna (CMS UK) and Dundas & Wilson jointly cut 60 support staff roles last month following a consultation ahead of their merger, which went live on 1 May.

Of these, 40 jobs were lost at legacy Dundas, while CMS UK and its third-party providers Integreon, Initial and Xerox saw a combined 20 jobs go.

Last month DWF cut 19 business services roles after a redundancy consultation put 21 business services positions in its finance department at risk, while Ince & Co confirmed it had cut 10 fee-earning positions and six support staff roles in London. In March, Stephenson Harwood concluded a review that resulted in 27 secretarial job losses.