Since we broke the information of the market bonus scale for associates at giant legislation companies in the US — a development that was began by Cravath on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, and included Milbank’s special summer bonuses — companies are falling in line to match the dimensions. When will your agency announce its bonuses?
Immediately, on your viewing pleasure, we unveil a desk of the entire companies which have already matched the bonus scale, the date these matches have been made, the minimal hours required to obtain bonuses (if obtainable), and the date bonuses will probably be paid. We will probably be updating this desk each day, typically a number of occasions, as information on bonuses unfolds. In the event you see any info right here that’s incorrect or wants clarification, tell us.
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| Agency | Date Matched | Minimal Hours | Payout Date |
| Cravath Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018: $115K / $25K |
November 18, 2025 | None | December 12, 2025 |
| Paul Hastings Class of 2024: $20K / $6K Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 18, 2025 | 2000 hours | Undisclosed |
| Cadwalader Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2017: $115K / $25K |
November 18, 2054 | Extra bonuses “equal to 120% of [market bonuses]” for top billers with 2200 hours or extra | By or earlier than finish of February 2026 |
| Fried Frank Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 19, 2025 | 1850 hours for particular bonus (together with billable, professional bono, certified nonbillable, and agency matter hours); associates eligible for “premium” bonus starting from $3K to $34.5K for 2200 hours or 2450 hours | On or earlier than December 31, 2025 |
| McDermott Will & Schulte Class of 2025: $0 / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 19, 2025 | 2000 hours (benefit bonuses obtainable for eligible associates; “two-thirds” of legacy MWE associates will see bonuses above market) | December 26, 2025 (legacy MWE) / January 16, 2026 (legacy SRZ) |
| Dechert Class of 2024: $20K / $6K Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 19, 2025 | 1950 hours (shopper billable, professional bono, agency as shopper, most of fifty group hours); associates who exceeded hours expectations eligible to obtain an “extraordinary” bonus (i.e., 2200 hours = addt’l 30%; 2400+ hours = addt’l 40%) | By or earlier than finish of January 2026 |
| Wilkinson Stekloff Class of 2025: $22.5K / $0 spring bonus Class of 2017+: $172.5K / $60K spring bonus |
November 19, 2025 | None | By December 15, 2025 |
| Ropes & Gray Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2017+: $130K / $25K |
November 20, 2024 | 1900 creditable hours (bonuses “could also be elevated as much as 150% of the year-end bonus quantities” for individuals who have billed “materially extra” than 1900 hours) | Undisclosed |
| Hogan Lovells Class of 2024: $20K / $6K Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 20, 2025 | 2000 hours; further bonuses obtainable embody incremental hours-based bonuses, discretionary bonuses, and business-generation bonuses | Finish of December 2025 |
| Vartabedian Hester & Haynes Class of 2025: $21K (whole bonus, together with $5K summer season bonus) Class of 2018: $140K (whole bonus, together with $5K summer season bonus) |
November 20, 2025 | 1800 hours | On or earlier than December 31, 2025 |
| Paul Weiss Class of 2025: $15K / $6K Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 21, 2025 | None (further discretionary bonuses for “outsized contributions”) | December 22, 2025; discretionary bonuses to be paid in early 2026 |
| Proskauer Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2017: $115K / $25K |
November 21, 2025 | 2000 hours | On or earlier than December 24, 2025 |
| Baker Botts Class of 2024: $20K / $6K Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 21, 2025 | 2000 hours (1800 shopper billable hours and 200 non-client billable hours, together with professional bono, enterprise improvement, and so on.); “enhanced” bonuses obtainable for “distinctive” efficiency | Undisclosed |
| Davis Polk Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 21, 2025 | None | December 30, 2025 |
| White & Case Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018: $115K / $25K |
November 21, 2025 | Eligibility standards detailed in separate memo | February 13, 2026 |
| Debevoise Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 21, 2025 | None | Undisclosed |
| Skadden Class of 2025: $15K / $6K Class of 2018+: $115K or $125K / $25K |
November 21, 2025 | 1800 “productive hours” (together with limitless professional bono time and as much as 150 hours of productive non-billable work) | December 15, 2025 |
| Cleary Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 21, 2025 | None | December 19, 2025 |
| A&O Shearman Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 21, 2025 | 2000 hours (together with a minimal of 25 professional bono hours and as much as 100 funding hours (e.g., DEI/psychological well being; private improvement/coaching; group involvement; administration & expertise improvement; data improvement; origination, shopper relationships, enterprise improvement; and market innovation group)); associates eligible for an “enhanced year-end bonus” in the event that they “considerably exceed” the agency’s hourly necessities | Undisclosed |
| Covington Class of 2025: $15K / $6K Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 21, 2025 | 2000 hours | January 2026 |
| Vinson & Elkins Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 24, 2025 | Based mostly on hours and good standing | On or about January 30, 2026 |
| Simpson Thacher Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018: $115K / $25K |
November 24, 2025 | Undisclosed | December 2025 |
| Milbank Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (paid 9/25) Class of 2017: $115K / $25K (paid 9/25) |
November 24, 2025 | None | December 31, 2025 |
| Weil Gotshal Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 25, 2025 | None | January 30, 2026 |
| Holwell Shuster Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018: $115K / $25K |
November 25, 2025 | None | On or earlier than December 31, 2025 |
| Linklaters Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 26, 2025 | 1900 hours (together with limitless professional bono, as much as 400 hours of promoting, and different work) | Undisclosed |
| Clifford Chance Class of 2025: $15K / $6K (prorated) Class of 2018+: $115K / $25K |
November 26, 2025 | None (based mostly on general efficiency, high quality of labor, contributions to agency, teamwork, and professional bono) | January 15, 2026 |
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