Kirkland & Ellis is the highest-earning law firm in the world and as if that isn’t enough attraction for many lawyers, the latest alteration to the law firm’s attraction has been to shorten the road to equity partnership by a year – straight to highest-paid law firm top tier position. The move is made against […]
Highest-Paid Law Firm Provides New, Fast-Track Promotion Opportunity Read More »
DECEMBER 03, 2021 – Powered by LawFuel – Dechert today announced that a class of 31 lawyers from around the world will be elected to the partnership, effective January 1, 2022. The largest new partner class in recent firm history, these extraordinarily diverse and talented lawyers span 11 offices in six countries on three continents,
Law firm Fried Frank has been the latest law firm to have increased its bonus payments this year with a pro-rated $15,000 bonus for the current year (compared to a bonus of $115,000 for those in the 2014 cohort). Fried Frank, 60th on the AmLaw Big Law list is up by 15 per cent over
Fried Frank Provide Added Bonus in Growing Bonus Season Read More »
The ‘D’ word is a big one in law firms – Big Law especially – as diversity issues become ever-more significant and a central part of most law firms’ recruitment drives and overall cultural set. But for Skadden Arps, Meagher & Flom receiving a preachy slapping from Al Sharpten for their alleged diversity faults has
Skadden Receive Preaching From Al Sharpen on Law Firm Diversity Neglect Read More »
Former Slaughter & May London partner Oliver Storey, who left the firm in 2020 following an internal investigation, has joined White & Case in London as a consultant. No action was taken against Storey by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and he has joined White & Case reportedly on a six month contract A number of
Slaughter & May Partner Reappears at White & Case Read More »
The bonus season for associates has seen Big Law firm Cravath Swaine & Moore start the associate bonanza with a bonus pay rate of $115,000 according to a Cravath memo to staff. The year-end bonuses will be paid next month ranging from $15,000 to $115,000, which continues to lift the game for payments to associates
The Big Law Bonus Season Sees Cravaths Pay $115,000 Read More »
The US Big Law firms breaching the $200,000 salary scale for associates has been the subject of a new Big Law salary scale survey in an AboveTheLaw report that follows the $200k limit breached by Millbank in June 2021. Millbank fired the first shot in the associate salary scale war as we have reported and
The Big Law Bonus Season for Associates Sees Further Lift In Big Law Salary Scale Read More »
BigLaw giant Kirkland & Ellis has picked up a $200 million fee in a contingency legal case involving chemical companies. Law.com reports that the fee was revealed in a press release from Kirkland & Ellis client Huntsman Corp which“shows that Kirkland & Ellis’ strategic decision to ‘double down’ on contingency fee cases is paying off
The global law firm Jones Day has again been ranked among the “Fearsome Foursome” —the law firms that clients would least like to see as opposing counsel—according to the BTI Litigation Outlook 2022: Post-Pandemic and Beyond report, published this month by the BTI Consulting Group, Inc. The report is based solely on in-depth interviews with leading legal decision
Jones Day Recognized Among ‘Fearsome Foursome’ in Litigation Outlook Report Read More »
