Ropes & Gray is the latest firm to boost the salaries of its newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers in London, the firm has announced.

New associates at the firm can now expect to receive an extra £10,000, taking home £130,000. NQs are also eligible for a discretionary bonus on top of their salaries.

The pay increase comes almost a year after London firms confronted an NQ pay war in a bid to attract and retain junior talent, triggered by Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, which raised its NQ pay to £100,000, joining a U.S.-led trend of lifting NQ pay into the six-figures.