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• Job offers for nearly 97 percent of US summer associates

  Mar 15 2019 The National Association for Law Placement (NALP) released its 2018 Law Student Recruiting report, showing that law firm recruiting activity in 2018 was brisk, with... more

• UK firms bump associate pay

  Jul 11 2016 Macfarlanes and Travers Smith have raised their associate pay levels. Macfarlanes set its compensation at £71,000 while Travers pinned its compensation at £71,500.... more

• DAC Beachcroft promotes 61 lawyers, 12 partners

  May 05 2016 DAC Beachcroft has promoted 61 lawyers, 12 of them partners, in this year's round. Seven of the 12 promoted partners are women. The promotions were spread across the... more

• Gateley promotes four lawyers

  May 04 2016 Gateley has promoted four lawyers in this year's promotion round, three of them in real estate-related fields. The firm promoted Helen Roberts from its Birmingham... more

• Slaughter & May raises trainee and associate salaries

  May 04 2016 Slaughter and May has announced salary increases for trainees and associates. First-year trainee salaries increased by 3.7 percent and second-year trainee salaries... more

• Dentons to allow remote working

  May 04 2016 Partners, associates and legal executives at Dentons will now be allowed to work remotely one day a week as part of the firm's new agile working scheme. The change... more

• Allen & Overy raises associate salaries through bonuses

  Jul 17 2015 Allen & Overy has used bonuses included in monthly pay to boost associate salaries across all levels by £20,000. The changes come as a response to feedback the firm... more

• Indian firm Khaitan & Co hires 3 equity partners from PXV

  Jul 09 2014 Khaitan & Co has hired three co-founding equity partners of PXV Law Partners across its Delhi and Mumbai offices. Deepto Roy is set to join the Mumbai infrastructure... more

• The expansion of the category of 'other' lawyers

  Jun 15 2014 The legal job market may be tough at the moment, but leading US law firms are seeing the growth in the ranks of at least one category of lawyers: ‘other’ attorneys.... more

• Pay rise for London associates at Herbert Smith Freehills

  Jun 13 2014 Herbert Smith Freehills has announced a pay rise for newly qualified and junior associates in London, bringing its junior salaries in line with those paid by Slaughter... more

• Osborne Clarke launches new Amsterdam office

  Jun 06 2014 Osborne Clarke has launched a new office in Amsterdam, after hiring a team of four partners and three associates from Baker & McKenzie, Norton Rose Fulbright and Dutch... more

• Mayer Brown adds 11 IP lawyers in DC and Chicago

  Jun 04 2014 Mayer Brown has given it’s intellectual property practice a significant boost with the hire of a team of 11 lawyers from Steptoe & Johnson. The team is led by Jamie... more

• Freshfields breaks five year pay freeze

  Jun 02 2014 Freshfields has broken a five year pay freeze on trainee and associate salaries, following the lead of Slaughter and May and Linklaters, which announced their own... more

• Lawrence Graham promotes 5 ahead of merger

  Apr 29 2014 Lawrence Graham is set to promote five associates to the partnership as its merger with Wragge & Co goes live on 1 May, to create the combined firm Wragge Lawrence... more

• US firm Duval & Stachenfeld doubles starting salaries

  Apr 27 2014 Duval & Stachenfeld has announced that it will double its starting salary for associates to $175,000, in an effort to compete with rivals in the recruitment game.  ... more

• US firm Brown Rudnick retracts half of associate offers

  Apr 22 2014 US firm Brown Rudnick has retracted offers from nearly half of the associates that were due to join the firm in the autumn. Ten of the 23 associates scheduled to... more

• Quarles Brady hires 4 from Krieg & Devault in Chicago

  Apr 05 2014 Quarles & Brady has recruited four associates from the Chicago offices of Krieg Devault. Travis Eliason joins the Commercial Bankruptcy, Restructuring and... more

• UK firm Shakespeares asks associates to bill a lot more

  Apr 01 2014 UK firm Shakespeares has asked associates to bill an extra £100,000 a year, offering a £5,000 bonus for those that pull for the team The firm has made a number of... more

• Dentons Canada picks up 46 lawyers from Heenan

  Mar 05 2014 Dentons Canada has added 46 lawyers to its offices in offices in Montreal, Toronto and Calgary from failed firm Heenan Blaikie.   “The dissolution of a respected... more

• Job cuts affect 30 at Kasowitz Benson

  Feb 28 2014 Kasowitz Benson has made around 30 redundancies. Most of the layoffs came from the associate ranks, but the group includes partners, counsel and staff as well. The... more

• WilmerHale awards merit-based bonuses

  Jan 30 2014 WilmerHale has awarded its end of year bonuses for 2013, with associates awarded differing amounts based on the firm’s merit-based compensation system. The firm... more

• Women make slight gains at partnership level in US firms

  Dec 31 2013 The National Association for Law Placement has released new figures showing that there is an increasing percentage of women in partnerships at large US law firms, but... more

• California firm Irell & Manella pay above-market bonuses

  Dec 27 2013 Elite California law firm Irell & Manella has released details of its associate bonuses, awarding sums at the top of the scale among US law firms. Irell & Manella... more

• Boies Schiller pays bonuses of up to $300,000

  Dec 12 2013 The 133 associates at US firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner will be richly rewarded for the year’s work, with the firm announcing that it will pay bonuses of up to... more

• Survey shows associates have high job satisfaction

  Aug 30 2013 A new survey by the American Lawyer reports that mid-level associates are thrilled to be lawyers. The survey of 5,683 lawyers at 134 US law firms shows that third-... more

• Billing rates up for US partners and associates

  Jul 17 2013 The billing rates for US partners increased by 3.1 percent to $536 in 2012, compared to a 4 percent increase in 2011. Similarly, average associate rates increased 7.4... more

• US firm Weil Gotshal & Manges makes mass redundancy

  Jun 27 2013 Weil Gotshal & Manges is making a mass redundancy, laying off 60 associates and 110 staffers. The firm also plans to reduce the compensation of about 10 percent of its... more

• NLJ survey shows marginal growth at top US firms

  Jun 13 2013 The National Law Journal’s annual survey of the biggest US law firms shows a small amount of growth over the past year. The survey, which looks at data from the 350... more

• Dickstein Shapiro makes layoffs in NY and DC

  May 27 2013 The news of layoffs throughout the global legal industry continues. Dickstein Shapiro has reportedly laid off associates this month, with the majority of New York... more

• Simmons lawyers told to increase billings

  May 01 2013 The managing partner of Simmons & Simmons has chastised associates for not billing enough, sending a firm-wide email to point out that competitors are recording an... more

• DLA Piper scandal raises questions about billing

  Apr 02 2013 DLA Piper has a significant PR problem on its hands, after leaked emails showed associates joking about the size of legal fees. “THAT bill shall know no limits,” wrote... more

• McDermott Will & Emery awards 2012 bonuses

  Mar 17 2013 McDermott Will & Emery is traditionally one of the very last major law firms to announce associate bonuses, and the firm has just gotten around to the matter of... more

• US firm Winston & Strawn reports flat revenue

  Mar 12 2013 US law firm Winston & Strawn has reported revenue growth of just 0.1 percent to $755 million in 2012, while profits per partner increased by 3.5 percent to $1.49... more

• Shearman & Sterling promote 23 to counsel

  Feb 27 2013 Shearman & Sterling has promoted 23 associates to counsel worldwide, across 11 offices and 12 practice areas. In Asia the firm promoted two in Singapore - capital... more

• Arnold & Porter pays 'below market' bonuses

  Feb 04 2013 Associates at Arnold & Porter are upset over the 2012 bonus payouts, reporting that the class of 2010 payout is below the market standard for 2000 (Arnold & Porter... more

• Baker & McKenzie adds 100 hours to billing target

  Jan 24 2013 Roll On Friday reports that Baker & McKenzie has increased its billing targets for associates by 100 hours in 2013, from 1,600 hours to 1,700 hours. RollOnFriday... more

• Sidley Austin promotes 26 to partnership

  Dec 20 2012 Sidley Austin has promoted 26 associates to the partnership across nine offices. “Our 2013 class of new partners is made up of an exceptional group of lawyers who... more

• Boies Schiller awards bonuses of up to $250,000

  Dec 15 2012 Boies Schiller & Flexner has announced the award of year-end bonuses that peak at a staggering $250,000. The bonus scale at Boies is way above the industry... more

• Tough prospects for promotion at Australian law firms

  Dec 13 2012 In 2012 the Australian legal services market saw some big changes, with numerous international mergers. One effect of these moves is that prospects for promotion to... more

• Clifford Chance matches Cravath bonus scale

  Dec 13 2012 UK firm Clifford Chance is set to match the bonus scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore, with plans to pay the bonus to associates on 15 January 2013. Clifford... more

• S&C and Weil Gotshal follow Cravath bonus scale

  Dec 08 2012 Sullivan & Cromwell has announced year-end bonuses matching the scale offered by industry standard-setter Cravath, Swaine & Moore. S&C associates will take home the... more

• Weil Gotshal delays bonuses until January

  Nov 29 2012 Cravath set a relatively high standard for associate bonuses this week, awarding fifth year associates a $34,000 bonus. Weil Gotshal followed up with the... more

• Cravath to award larger bonuses this year

  Nov 28 2012 Cravath, Swaine & Moore is seen as the benchmark for the grant of bonuses to law firm associates, with other firms either matching Cravath’s figures... or not.... more

• US firm Bickel & Brewer to pay starting salary of $185k

  Oct 29 2012 Dallas-based litigation firm Bickel & Brewer has bumped up its starting salaries to $185,000 - an increase of $10,000 over the firm’s current first-year associate base... more

• Cahill Gordon to award end of year bonuses

  Oct 08 2012 Word is that Cahill Gordon will soon be awarding bonuses to associates, continuing the flow of bonus cash up after the summer bonuses paid in July, the Cravath-scale... more

• Large firms contract in New York, making space for newcomers

  Sep 29 2012 Law firms are taking the chance to enter the competitive legal services market in New York as established New York firms reduce their floor space in the city,... more

• Manches loses high profile family lawyer to Stewart Law

  Sep 25 2012 Manches has lost high profile divorce lawyer Helen Ward, along with four associates and three support staff, to rival firm Stewarts Law. Family and private client... more

• Starting salaries at large US law firms stagnate

  Sep 23 2012 A new report from NALP shows that associate starting salaries have grown stagnant in New York and across the US, according to this article at AboveTheLaw. The... more

• Winston & Strawn said to be laying off associates

  Aug 23 2012 Word has it that Winston & Strawn is laying off associates in the Chicago office, with around 30 associates affected. The reports describe the move as ‘stealth... more

• UK firms Howard Kennedy and Finers Stephens Innocent to merge

  Aug 13 2012 West End firm Howard Kennedy has merged with rival firm Finers Stephens Innocent to create a combined firm with a headcount of 87-partners and 125 associates.... more

• Addleshaws simplifies path to partnership

  Aug 02 2012 Addleshaw Goddard has simplified the path to partnership, reducing the number of hurdles that lawyers face before they are eligible for promotion to the top rank.... more

• US associates see greater billings growth than partners and counsel

  Jul 30 2012 Fees charged for US associates are increasing at a faster rate than fees for partners and counsel, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted by... more

• Law firms cut costs in their workspaces

  Jul 18 2012 Law firms are cutting costs, trimming office expenses and reconfiguring office spaces for greater efficiency, according to this report from the Wall Street Journal.... more

• DLA Piper misses profit target, slashes bonuses

  Jul 03 2012 DLA Piper has announced that UK associates will lose 50 per cent of their bonus. The firm’s bonus scheme provides that 50 per cent of the bonus amount is conditional... more

• DLA Piper misses profit target, slashes bonuses

  Jul 03 2012 DLA Piper has announced that UK associates will lose 50 per cent of their bonus. The firm’s bonus scheme provides that 50 per cent of the bonus amount is conditional... more

• Armstrong Teasdale bolsters Shanghai office with new hires

  Jun 27 2012 Armstrong Teasdale has bolstered its China practice with the addition of two partners, two associates, and a business consultant in Shanghai. Thomas Bottini joins... more

• Vault ranks Wachtell as most prestigious US firm

  Jun 21 2012 The annual Vault Rankings, which determine the relative prestige of US law firms on the basis of nearly 17,000 surveys sent to associates, have been published. The... more

• Baker & McKenzie hires Dewey's Johannesburg team

  May 31 2012 Baker & McKenzie has hired the entire Johannesburg office of Dewey & LeBoeuf, scooping up the fully operational South African team as Dewey makes its last gurgle.... more

• Clifford Chance announces a pay rise

  May 31 2012 Clifford Chance has announced an increase in salaries for associates with more than a year's post-qualification experience. Lawyers with one year’s PQE will see their... more

• Partners at failed law firms lose hundreds of thousands of dollars

  May 24 2012 Here is an interesting article about the losses suffered by law firm partners when large law firms fail. Of course, partners generally have a greater financial buffer... more

• Clifford Chance to tell under-performers to take a hike

  May 17 2012 Clifford Chance is attempting to change its own rules regarding the removal of underperforming partners. Under the current system, an under-performing partner will be... more

• US legal services market becomes more segmented

  May 07 2012 The most expensive US lawyers are becoming even more costly, while the cheapest are barely keeping up with inflation, according to this story published in the Wall... more

• Top 100 firms report single digit growth for last year

  May 04 2012 The Am Law Daily has released figures that give a snapshot of the legal services industry over the past year. The top 100 firms saw single digit growth in gross... more

• Jones Day announces pay rise for trainees, while Links raises all pay levels

  May 04 2012 Jones Day has announced a pay rise for trainees in its London office, increasing the starting salary from £39,000 to £41,000, with pay to be reviewed every year in... more

• Stephenson Harwood promotes three to partnership

  May 03 2012 London firm Stephenson Harwood has promoted three associates to the partnership in its annual promotions round, down from four last year. Promotions went to... more

• Herbert Smith set to lay off 51 in London

  Apr 30 2012 Herbert Smith has announced plans to lay off 51 people London, and has commenced a 30 day consultation to carry out the cuts. The biggest cuts will take place in the... more

• Miami firm Bilzin Sumberg hires two top lawyers from Hunton & Williams

  Apr 18 2012 Miami firm Bilzin Sumberg has hired leading litigation lawyers Marty Steinberg and Jeffrey Gutchess of Hunton & Williams along with a number of associates.   “We are... more

• Rumour says A&O considering pay rise for associates and trainees

  Apr 06 2012 Rumour has it that Allen & Overy is considering a substantial pay rise for lawyers. The firm is apparently in the midst of discussions on the pay issue, which should... more

• Court orders lawyers from Eaton Peabody and Baker & Hostetler to reduce fees

  Apr 06 2012 A US court has ruled that that lawyers from Eaton Peabody and Baker & Hostetler overcharged for legal work, inflating their charges with overstaffing and redundant... more

• Mumbai-based Nasikwala Law Office takes on equity partner from Juris Corp

  Mar 08 2012 Mumbai-based firm Nasikwala Law Office has hired former Juris Corp partner Freddy R. Daruwala. Daruwala will join the firm as an equity partner to head the firm's... more

• Squire Sanders set to launch international shipping practice in London

  Feb 23 2012 Squire Sanders is set to launch a shipping practice in London after the hire of three partners and two associates. The team will be led by partners Graham Harris... more

• 2012 may be more challenging than 2009, says legal industry advisory

  Feb 20 2012 The new client advisory from Citi Private Bank’s Law Firm Group and the Hildebrandt Institute has some disheartening news for the legal sector: “Unfortunately, the... more

• Blake Cassels & Graydon promotes 13 to partnership

  Feb 06 2012 Leading Canadian firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon has promoted 13 associates to the partnership. “I am pleased to announce our latest group of partners,” said Rob... more

• Large law firms likely to award spring bonuses again this year, say experts

  Jan 27 2012 Legal industry experts predict that large law firms will again award spring bonuses in 2012, following on from a trend begun in 2011, but that spring bonuses are... more

• More male partners working part time, says survey

  Jan 23 2012 6.2 per cent of lawyers at big firms work part time, according to a new survey released by NALP. In 2011 98 per cent of large law firms allowed part-time schedules,... more

• Reports indicate more departures from BLP's banking and capital markets group

  Jan 16 2012 Rumour has it that seven associates have resigned from Berwin Leighton Paisner's Banking and Capital Markets group in the last week. According to Roll On Friday a... more

• Dechert bonuses based on performance requirement

  Jan 16 2012 Dechert announced its 2011 end-of-year bonuses for US associates just after Christmas, with a schedule of bonuses that broadly matches the standard set by Cleary... more

• Legal support staff get a rough deal at bonus time

  Dec 22 2011 Above the Law has been keeping a close eye on announcements regarding annual bonuses from large law firms. Their reporting has noted that the size of this year’s... more

• US firm Davis Polk follows the leader on bonuses

  Dec 19 2011 US firm Davis Polk & Wardwell has announced its annual bonuses for associates, matching the rates set by Cravath Swaine & Moore last month The Cravath bonus scale... more

• Davis Polk & Wardwell follows the flock on annual bonuses

  Dec 15 2011 Davis Polk & Wardwell has announced that it will match the bonus structure put forward by Cravath Swaine & Moore. Like Cravath, Davis Polk's bonus scale begins... more

• Sullivan & Cromwell repeats last year's bonus figures

  Dec 09 2011 Sullivan & Cromwell has announced that it will award year-end bonuses of the same size as were awarded last year, but sweetens the news by saying that associates can... more

• Clifford Chance explores alliance with fast moving Chinese firm

  Dec 08 2011 Clifford Chance is exploring an alliance with Chinese firm Broad & Bright. Broad & Bright has 20 partners, 40 associates, and is one of China’s fastest growing firms,... more

• Proskauer Rose follows Cravath bonus scale

  Dec 06 2011 Proskauer Rose has announced that it will match the bonus scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore. The level of these bonuses is considered to be down the lower end of the... more

• Skadden matches Cravath bonus scale

  Dec 01 2011 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has matched the 2011 bonuses offered by market leader Cravath, Swaine & Moore, all but ensuring a steady and predictable bonus... more

• Field Fisher Waterhouse declines to renew contracts, considers redundancies

  Nov 30 2011 The public and regulatory practice group at Field Fisher Waterhouse is likely to make four associates redundant, with a further 13 solicitors and paralegals likely to... more

• Two associates get the axe after returning from maternity leave at Walker Morris

  Nov 21 2011 London firm Walker Morris has laid off two associates in the corporate department. The two associates had reportedly just returned from maternity leave when they were... more

• Less women entering biglaw practice, survey says

  Nov 10 2011 Less women are entering big-firm practice, according to the annual report of the National Association of Women Lawyers, which pointed out that women account for 47%... more

• 20 lawyers shift from Willkie Farr to longtime client

  Nov 01 2011 A group of up to 20 lawyers is set to depart from Willkie Farr & Gallagher to move in house at one of the firm’s biggest clients - Bloomberg L.P. The group is led by... more

• Eversheds set to introduce senior role as alternative to partnership

  Oct 06 2011 Eversheds is set to introduce a new senior role as an alternative to partnership. The new ‘legal director’ is aimed at “recognising those senior people at the firm who... more

• US Summer Associate Programs Ranked

  Sep 16 2011 Vault.com has stepped up with a new ranking to put law firm summer associate programs in some kind of order. Thank goodness. This summer Vault surveyed around... more

• Proskauer & Rose continues raid of SJ Berwin's funds group

  Sep 07 2011 Proskauer Rose has recruited six associates from SJ Berwin’s funds group. The group follows hot on the heels of funds partners Nigel van Zyl and Oliver Rochman, who... more

• Associate satisfaction survey shows firms can't buy loyalty

  Sep 06 2011 The American Lawyer has released the results of its annual associate satisfaction survey, which showed that associates billed more hours last year in comparison to... more

• Law firms add value to junior associates

  Aug 23 2011 Law firms are responding to Junior lawyers have long been a profit center for large law firms, charged out to clients at hundreds of dollars an hour. But with clients... more

• US BigLaw starts summer recruitment with high hopes

  Aug 18 2011 The recruitment drive for associates for the class of 2013 has begun in earnest, with recruiting partners coming on campus to assess the current crop for coveted... more

• Pro-Bono work in decline at US law firms

  Jul 04 2011 The American Lawyer magazine has released statistics showing that pro-bono output declined at the top 100 US firms in the past year, during which those same firms... more

• London firm Devonshires breaks its promise to pay bonuses

  Jun 27 2011 RollOnFriday has reported that London law firm Devonshires will not be paying the bonuses promised to associates last year. The bonus scheme was introduced to... more

• Wall Street firm Cahill announces mid-year bonuses

  Jun 17 2011 Cahill is set to award a mid-year bonus to all associates in the range of $5,000 to $25,000. The bonus comes after a record year for the Wall Street firm, with revenue... more

• Strategic career advice for young lawyers from Ronald Barusch

  May 31 2011 Ronald Barusch, a M&A practitioner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, offers some interesting advice for law grads in this article in the Wall Street Journal.... more

• Shearman & Sterling raises associate pay

  May 26 2011 Shearman & Sterling has announced a pay rise for UK qualified associates, increasing salaries by as much as 15 per cent within its three-tier merit-based system.... more

• Freshfields gives UK associates a pay rise

  May 24 2011 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has announced pay rises for all associates, taking the firm to the very top of the Magic Circle in terms of compensation. Associates... more