The First Magic Circle Firm To Make Davis Polk Money Magically Appear For Associates
Magic is in the air at this Biglaw firm!
This top firm isn’t pulling a rabbit out of a hat for associates today. Instead, the big reveal on this magic trick is more money. Top-rated Magic Circle firm Linklaters is wowing U.S. associates with a brand new Davis Polk match.
It’s a magical time to be a lawyer at Linklaters. This is what the Davis Polk salary scale looks like at the firm:
- Class of 2021: $215,000
- Class of 2020: $225,000
- Class of 2019: $250,000
- Class of 2018: $293,500
- Class of 2017: $335,000
- Class of 2016: $360,500
- Class of 2015: $381,000
- Class of 2014+: $396,500
These salaries will be paid on March 15th, retroactive to January 1.
Congratulations to everyone at the firm!
P.S. Now that one Magic Circle firm has entered the salary fray, when will others — like Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, and Freshfields (which is trying to make its “Magic Circle” designation magically disappear) — opt to join in all the fun? We imagine it will be quite soon, so get ready, associates.
(Flip to the next page to read the full memo from Linklaters.)
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Staci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.
