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Biglaw Bonuses Blossom This Spring As Another Major Biglaw Firm Announces Special Bonuses

More bonuses are sprouting up in Biglaw!

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Leo Tolstoy may have said spring is the time of plans and projects, but in Biglaw — at least in 2021 — it’s also the time of bonuses.

Yes, another Biglaw firm has announced a second round of special bonuses (last fall marked the first round) to thank associates for their hard work during the tumultuous season of COVID-19 — which has turned out to be pretty profitable for the top of the legal sector. Yesterday, Cleary Gottlieb announced they too would match the spring special bonus scale set earlier this week by Davis Polk.

Below is the schedule Cleary will use to hand out bonuses:

You can read the full memo on the next page.

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