associate bonuses

Clifford Chance Alters Associate Bonus Policy

Clifford Chance Alters Associate Bonus Policy

Billable hours will no longer be the deciding factor in determining associate bonuses at the London office of magic circle firm…

Bonuses and Thaws at Wilson Sonsini

Bonuses and Thaws at Wilson Sonsini

Wilson Sonsini is thawing salaries, and using the Cooley Godward model. First years are getting $160k, third years are making…

Hughes Hubbard Thaws Salaries, Issues Bonuses

Hughes Hubbard Thaws Salaries, Issues Bonuses

Hughes Hubbard is thawing out salaries and junior associates are getting a double bump, placing them where they would have…

Salary Cut at Pillsbury Winthrop

Salary Cut at Pillsbury Winthrop

Pillsbury's first year associates outside of New York are receiving a salary cut, down to $145k. Any first year that…

Irell & Manella Doubles Market Rate on Bonuses

Irell & Manella Doubles Market Rate on Bonuses

Los Angeles based Irell & Manella gave its associates the good news last week. The firm is paying double the…

Dechert Pays Bonuses, Cuts (a few) Salaries

Dechert Pays Bonuses, Cuts (a few) Salaries

Dechert is paying year end bonuses that should, by now, look familiar to those following the industry. Like many of…

Salary Thaw and Bonuses at Arnold & Porter

Salary Thaw and Bonuses at Arnold & Porter

At the start of 2009 Arnold & Porter announced that it was freezing salaries but held out the hope that…

Kramer Levin Matches Cravath Bonuses

Kramer Levin Matches Cravath Bonuses

Kramer Levin is paying bonuses mid February and they are based on the Cravath scale. To be eligible for a…

Mayer Brown Bonuses Match Cravath

Mayer Brown Bonuses Match Cravath

Mayer Brownassociates got the news on Christmas Eve - the firm is matching the Cravath bonus scale. $7500 for first…

Associate Bonuses Announced at Kirkland & Ellis

Associate Bonuses Announced at Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland & Ellis is wildly popular with its associates most of the time but things may have changed a bit…

Weil Gotshal Bonuses

Weil Gotshal Bonuses

Weil Gotshal is paying most of its associates on the Sullivan & Cromwell scale - $7500 for the first years…

Quinn Emanuel Bonuses

Quinn Emanuel Bonuses

Quin Emanuel is making its naughty and nice list. Those who were naughty are getting a lump of coal, and…