DLA Piper has cut its NQ salaries by £2,000 in its U.K. offices to £76,000 for its London-based associates, becoming the latest major law firm to cut salaries for its junior ranks.

According to one person at the firm, the firm will pay its 2020 London NQs £76,000, down from last year's rate of £78,000, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In the firm's other U.K. offices, NQ salaries will be £44,000, down from £46,000.

The firm is also currently deferring lawyer pay reviews, according to the person, who added that both 2019 and 2020 NQs will be part of firmwide salary reviews "in due course".