DLA Piper, which once listed that it had an office in “country” of Africa, has entered the associate raise game.
It’s a straight match of Cravath, for all U.S. offices in major markets. DLA Piper is famously large, with offices all over the world. Matching the associate raises is big news for the market, just because of the sheer size of the firm. Now, anytime Reed Smith or Greenberg Traurig make you a job offer, know that there’s a DLA Piper office, probably inside the local bus station, willing to pay you more money than those firms.
Here’s the memo. It… really is this short (no summer bonuses). And I’d like to think that the scribbling was included in the original, but that’s probably just tipster flair.
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As you can see, DLA offers free helium to all those who work in the U.S.
I don’t know how the U.S. raises will play with associates just outside the United States. How will DLA Piper’s associates in low Earth orbit take the news? The cost of living on the Mars Opportunity rover isn’t going down.
Oh, I kid, DLA. Having global client services is actually a good thing. Congratulations. Associates in DLA Mariana Trench can afford to stop swimming to work and take mermen rickshaws instead.
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Elie Mystal is the Executive Editor of Above the Law and the Legal Editor for More Perfect. He can be reached @ElieNYC on Twitter, or at [email protected]. He will resist.