Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has held on to 85% of its spring 2015 qualifying trainees, an increase of five percentage points from the 2014 spring qualifying intake.

The firm made offers to 44 out of the 48 trainees that joined the firm in February 2013, who will qualify this spring, a rate of 91%. Three trainees declined their offers, resulting in a total of 41 trainees staying with the firm.