With Profits Per Partner This High, It Was Only A Matter Of Time Until Associates Got Raises
Another firm proves they are part of the select MoneyLaw club.
When your firm boasts profits per partner (PPP) that top $2 million, you’d best believe associates want a cut of the action. We are in the midst of a heady time, with Biglaw firms rushing to give their hardworking associates a raise, the first in almost a decade, to prove they are part of the select MoneyLaw club.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft pulls down PPP of $2,060,000, according to the latest Am Law 100 rankings, so we assumed it was only a matter of time until they announced they were increasing associate compensation to be in line with the Cravath scale, announced last week. In fact, only two firms with higher PPP have yet to announce if their associate compensation will lag behind the market (King & Spalding and Dechert; Wachtell Lipton has not revealed any changes to their compensation structure, but they were already ahead of the market). So it was with as much relief as excitement that associates greeted today’s pay raise news from CWT.
The firm announced raises for their U.S. and London offices. The class of 2016 and summer associates will also benefit from the firm’s largesse, and those off the grid, or in other offices, will be told individually about their compensation.
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Enjoy the payday, CWT associates, you deserve it!
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