Bonus season is off to a terrific begin, with Cravath main the Biglaw pack within the annual follow-the-leader of compensation bulletins. The elite agency’s 2025 year-end bonuses echo final 12 months’s scale, and embody Milbank’s particular bonuses as properly. Which agency is the most recent to match these bountiful bonus bucks? To be frank, we’re not shocked about this one, because the agency is “dedicated to paying aggressive compensation.”
Fried Frank — which reported $1,136,370,000 in gross income and income per fairness accomplice of $5,184,000 in 2024 in keeping with the latest Am Legislation 100 — is providing the next bonus scale to associates in New York, Washington, DC, and London:
Along with these year-end and particular bonuses (obtainable to those that recorded a minimal of 1850 hours), Fried Frank is providing up premium bonuses for associates who attain 2200 hours or 2450 hours, starting from $3,000 to $34,500 above market bonuses, which is a reasonably good payday for hardworking attorneys.
Money will hit financial institution accounts for associates on the agency earlier than December 31.
Congratulations to everybody at Fried Frank!
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