Magic Circle Firm Conjures Up Cravath Cash For Associates
Abracadabra! It's more money!
Biglaw associates will never get tired of their firms making more money magically appear in their paychecks.
Top-rated Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance — the No. 10 firm on the 2021 Global 200 — is wowing U.S. associates with a brand new Cravath salary match. If you recall, the firm matched the Davis Polk scale less than two weeks ago.
Here’s what salaries for U.S. associates at Clifford Chance will soon look like:
Like its peer firms, associates at Clifford Chance will see new salaries in their accounts on March 15, retroactive to January 1. Congratulations!
(Flip to the next page to read the full memo from Clifford Chance.)
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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.
