It’s like bonus season all over again! And we don’t mind writing repetitive stories as long as we’re repeating good news.
To recap: Simpson Thacher announced nice bonuses, Davis Polk announced nicer ones, Sullivan & Cromwell matched Davis, Cleary Gottlieb retroactively matched Davis, and now Paul Weiss is weighing in.
In news that should shock no one, Paul Weiss is replacing its original, Simpson-based bonus scale with the higher, more generous DPW-based bonus scale. Why? It’s pretty simple, according to Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp: the enhanced bonuses reflect PW’s “commitment that associate compensation be at the top of the market.”
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At this point it’s a foregone conclusion that Cravath and Simpson will match the Davis scale. Skadden probably too. We do wonder about some of the other firms, though.
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