Biglaw associates positive are stuffed after Thanksgiving final week, and now that it’s bonus season, their financial institution accounts shall be stuffed as effectively. Simply earlier than the vacation final week, Willkie Farr & Gallagher introduced its bonus scale.
Final yr, the agency took in $1,775,000,000 gross income, and now they’re sharing the great fortune with associates. Willkie despatched a memo to its associates saying the agency shall be matching the Cravath scale, full with Milbank’s summer time bonuses. Right here’s what that appears like on the agency:
Bonuses will hit financial institution accounts on December 31, 2025, making for a really pleased new yr certainly. Congratulations to everybody at Willkie!
Bear in mind everybody, we rely in your tricks to keep on prime of compensation updates, so when your agency declares or matches, please textual content us (646-820-8477) or e-mail us (topic line: “[Firm Name] Bonus/Matches”). Please embrace the memo if accessible. You may take a photograph of the memo and ship it through textual content or e-mail if you happen to don’t need to ahead the unique PDF or Phrase file.
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