Reducing the ranks: CC to cut trainee intake by a fifth by 2018 Matthew Field23 September 2016Law firm management Clifford Chance (CC) is to cut down its UK trainee intake for 2018 by 20%, reducing numbers from around 100 trainees each year to 80.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Related ContentInternational roundup: White & Case hits Weil for three-partner New York team while Reed Smith opens in DenverHow to get to the top in M&A: leading female partners share their tips for success‘We need more women in the rooms where influential decisions are made’ – leading M&A partners have their say‘How hard are you prepared to work?’ – partners who’ve made it on how they built a book of business‘We don’t have a large ship to turn around’ – Eversheds Sutherland co-CEOs to canvas partners on strategy plansNRF to incentivise cross-border work with formalised global management committeeRevolving doors: Simpson Thacher, Latham, Sidley lead New Year London moves‘Seize every opportunity’ – Paul Hastings partner Reena Gogna on City law, Suits and poetryFive partners vie to succeed Hoyland as Simmons managing partner