Bonus season is right here, and slowly however absolutely, Biglaw corporations are lining as much as announce their very own variants of the Cravath scale, full with Milbank’s summer bonuses. Which agency is the most recent to step as much as the plate to supply associates six figures of bonus earnings?
That will be A&O Shearman, the Biglaw behemoth shaped from the union of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling. The agency grossed $3.7 billion in 2024, placing it at No. 4 on the World 100, so in fact it’s matching the market bonus scale for associates and counsel within the Americas. Right here’s what the dimensions seems to be like on the agency:
Attorneys on the agency may be eligible for an “enhanced year-end bonus” in the event that they “considerably exceed” the agency’s hourly necessities.
Congratulations to everybody at A&O Shearman!
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