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