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Saunas, Salons and 2,000 Hours – Inside Big Law’s ‘Wellness’ Arms Race

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Law firms aren’t just trying to out‑pay each other anymore – they’re now in an amenities arms race, turning offices into luxury wellness bunkers so lawyers can bill 80 hours a week and still get their steps in, their hair done and their chakras aligned.

The money is still obscene, but the new game is: who can make the golden handcuffs feel most like a spa bracelet.

Newly qualified lawyers in London are now pulling up to around £180,000 in their mid‑20s, with top partners into the multi‑million‑dollar level, but the issue for law firms once everyone is paying nose-bleed money is to be the differentiator. Log in to read more . . .

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Weil Gotshal’s New Counsel Class Introduced

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, recently shortened its partnership track to 7.5 years to attract top talent. Partner compensation is collaborative, without origination credits, and was revised in 2024 to prioritize client relationship expansion based on internal reviews. The firrm has 1200 lawyers and 280 partners across three continents. This week the firm announced its

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Orrick Hire 4 Person M&A Team From Norton Rose

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Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has recuited four M&A and private equity lawyes from Norton Rose Fulbright in Munich boosting the firm’s European transactional firepower. The firm’s media statement on the hires is below – “We’re excited to add a top-quality team with experience in the most sophisticated German and cross-border work for leading public companies

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Elon Musk’s X Drops $90M Fee Fight Against Wachtell Lipton

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In a swift legal pivot, Elon Musk’s X Corp has voluntarily dismissed its high-stakes $90 million lawsuit against powerhouse law firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, closing a bitter chapter from the chaotic 2022 Twitter takeover. Filed in San Francisco Superior Court back in 2023, the lawsuit accused Wachtell of pocketing an “improper bonus payment”

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Biglaw Bonus Season 2025

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Cravath Fires the Starting Gun, Milbank Plays Coy, and Everyone Scrambles Like It’s Black Friday Sonia Hickey Bonus season – that magical time of year when Biglaw associates pretend to care about “firm culture” while frantically refreshing their inboxes, praying for a six-figure dopamine hit before the holiday eggnog kicks in. As of November 20,

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Ashurst and Perkins Coie Ink Mega-Merger Deal

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Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor Anglo-Australian biglaw’s Ashurst and US player Perkins Coie have decided to tie the knot, crafting a new transatlantic megalaw entity – to be Ashurst Perkins Coie – pending the perfunctory partner vote and regulatory nods. The new firm will straddle 52 offices in 23 countries, weaving a legal web from

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Squire Patton Expands to Baku With 48th Firm Office

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Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs announced that it has incorporated and registered a presence in Azerbaijan and imminently will open its 48th office worldwide in Baku, the nation’s capital and commercial center. “The opening of our Baku office represents an important milestone in our firm’s continued international expansion,” said Chair and Global CEO Mark Ruehlmann.

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McDermott Toys With Private Equity Money

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Big Law’s Next Taboo Ben Thomson, LawFuel contributing editor McDermott Will & Schulte has decided to dip a cautious toe into capitalism’s deep end, confirming it’s in “preliminary discussions” about selling a slice of the firm to outside investors. Chairman Ira Coleman delivered the usual corporate zen: they get “inbound interest,” they “listen to new

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