UK attorney moving to the UK: how much money do you need to make to be able to live well in London? I’m on the NY scale but might need to take a pay cut. How much is good non-NYC scale pay for London?

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Go work at a US firm. You’ll get NY scale albeit with a bad exchange rate. K&E, Latham, Milbank, Fried Frank, DPW, STB, Akin etc. Many firms (GDC, Weil, V&E, White and Case etc) pay a little below NY. Magic Circle firms start at 100k pounds for NQ. Hope this helps.

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How is exchange rate determined?

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What practice area are you in and how many years experience do you have OP?

I am a corporate (VC and M&A) Associate at an AmLaw 20 firm, 4th year

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