Ben Thomson, Senior LawFuel editor In a twist that’s got the legal world buzzing, BigLaw’s bonus season is serving up some serious drama but the twist in the bonus tale is the boutique law firms that are flashing cash like it’s going out of style, while a few heavyweight players are giving the cold shoulder […]
US law firm Milbank is ringing in the holiday season early with the announcement of substantial year-end bonuses for its associates. The firm is known as a generous bonus payer, as we have reported recently. Milbank said this week that lawyers can expect to receive bonuses ranging from $15,000 to $115,000, based on their level
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Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Cravath, heading the LawFuel ‘Most Prestigous Law Firm List’ has announced its new partner class for 2025, and it’s a significant step up from last year, promoting seven attorneys to partner, nearly doubling the size of its 2023 class. But one of the big questions that will be interesting to
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The Big Law Pay Structure Upset Albert Goodwin, LawFuel Big Law editor Big law pay structure moves have been very much in the news of late, but now a move but A&O Shearman has bucked a recent trend by big law firms towards a salaried partner tier by having a full all-equity pay model. A&O
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Another non-equity partnership tier is added to a big law firm as Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton make a strategic move to join other big law firms in the non-equity partnership ranks. Cleary’s adoption of a non-equity partnership tier marks a departure from its traditional single-tier structure, where all partners held an ownership stake in
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The Top Paying Law Firms In 2024, law firms continue to offer lucrative compensation packages in the US, UK and elsewhere, with commercial law firms, particularly those specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions, private equity and other deal-making law firms leading the pack in terms of revenue and lawyer salaries. We have reported the Vault law
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The London Law Battle For Legal Talent In a move that sent further ripples through the London law world, Slaughter and May has joined the fray in the ongoing salary war for junior lawyers, announcing a substantial 20 percent increase in newly-qualified (NQ) associate salaries, boosting the annual pay packet to £150,000, aligning the firm
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Kirkland & Ellis continues to set the pace for talent acquisition and retention strategies as it announces the recent renewal of its $50,000 associate referral bonus program, which serves as a testament to the fierce competition for legal talent, especially amid the current uptick in transactional work. The move is likely to inspire similar initiatives
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Ambitious Attorneys Are Shattering Pay and Partnership Norms Law firms are witnessing an unprecedented surge in partner compensation, with top-performing lawyers in Big Law firms commanding salaries that exceed $20 million annually with suggestions that that figure will be surpassed to as much as $30 million. AbovetheLaw reported on Law.com’s report (this is what legal
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Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has made headlines with its readiness to offer up to $20 million for lateral partner hires as the intensely fought lateral-hiring frenzy continues unabated among big law firms. The development not only underscores the firm’s commitment to competing at the highest levels of the legal market but it underscores
