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Jones Day presents itself as an integrated international firm in which clients can draw on lawyers across offices, disciplines, and continents. Its recruiting materials emphasize institutional client relationships…
First-year comp
$225,000+
Market rate
Profits per partner
$1.73M
Hogan Lovells Cadwalader brings together the practices of Hogan Lovells and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. The combined firm's launch materials describe a platform centered on the intersection of business, finance,…
$3.52M
Arnold & Porter combines regulatory, litigation and transactional work, drawing on lawyers with experience in government, private practice and in-house legal departments. Its own firm overview describes teams working…
$1.65M
Clifford Chance is a Magic Circle firm with 3,700 attorneys globally, offering something no American firm can: a truly integrated international platform with the depth and prestige of a century-old London…
$255,000+
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DLA Piper combines an international legal practice with an industry-based approach to client work. Its materials describe legal teams working across markets and overlaying practice expertise with sector knowledge.…
$4.14M
Freshfields is an international law firm with a history stretching back nearly three centuries. It advises on transactions and disputes across borders, placing its US work within a wider international practice. Its…
Linklaters advises corporations, banks, investment funds, and financial sponsors on corporate, finance, and contentious matters across borders. Its history extends back nearly two centuries, and its current materials…
Greenberg Traurig is one of the largest and most entrepreneurial law firms in the world, and its growth trajectory over the past two decades has been remarkable. With approximately 3,200 attorneys in offices across…
Varies by office
$2.90M
A&O Shearman was created in 2024 through the combination of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling. Its identity rests on bringing English-law, US-law and local-law capabilities into the same international practice.…
Norton Rose Fulbright provides business-law services to corporations and financial institutions. Its industry coverage includes financial services, energy and infrastructure, technology, transport, life sciences and…
$235,000+
$2.06M
Squire Patton Boggs advises private businesses and public-sector clients across an international platform. Its client base ranges from established multinational companies to emerging businesses, individuals, and…
$200,000
Base salary
$2.51M