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Kirkland & Ellis advises on private equity, mergers and acquisitions, investment funds, restructuring, commercial and intellectual property litigation, and white collar matters. The firm describes an open assignment…
First-year comp
$225,000+
Market rate
Profits per partner
$11.12M
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
Goodwin Procter traces its origins to Boston in 1912, when Robert Eliot Goodwin and Joseph Osborne Procter Jr. decided to establish a practice together. The firm's current identity centers on investors,…
$255,000+
$4.24M
Morgan Lewis combines litigation, transactional advice, and regulatory services across an international platform. Its published offering includes corporate finance and investment management, business disputes,…
$2.27M
Akin brings together commercial legal work and an extensive focus on public policy. Its international practice serves clients ranging from individuals and businesses to governments, with offices across the United…
$4.57M
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
Holland & Knight's services cover corporate transactions, finance, regulated industries, and disputes. Its finance offering includes commercial and asset-based lending, asset finance, fund finance, private credit,…
$2.51M
Dechert advises asset managers, financial institutions, private equity sponsors, life sciences businesses, and multinational companies. Its practice addresses complex business legal matters.
$6.20M
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
Reed Smith organizes its practice around energy and natural resources, entertainment and media, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, and transportation. It combines those industry concentrations with…
$2.02M
BakerHostetler's practice addresses the legal risks that arise across a business, including transactions, disputes, privacy, intellectual property and regulatory issues. Its public materials organize some of this…
$215,000
Base salary
$2.48M
Troutman Pepper Locke advises clients in energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, insurance and reinsurance, private equity, and real estate. Its services span transactions, litigation, and…
$235,000+
$1.85M
Fox Rothschild is a national firm whose practice combines a broad geographic network with office-level industry and client relationships. Its firm materials emphasize the connection between that larger platform and…
$205,000
$1.34M
Faegre Drinker was formed in 2020 through the combination of Faegre Baker Daniels and Drinker Biddle & Reath, bringing together substantial Midwestern and East Coast practices. Corporate work, litigation, product…
$225,000
$1.61M
Cozen O'Connor combines a broad business-law practice with a distinctive history in insurance-related disputes. Subrogation and recovery are particularly visible parts of the firm: that practice seeks recovery from…
$180,000 - $215,000
$1.29M
Blank Rome began in 1946 when its founders established a practice after facing religious exclusion at existing law firms. That origin remains part of the firm's account of its identity and its commitment to people…
$210,000
$2.00M
Ballard Spahr combines litigation, transactions and regulatory advice with a substantial real-estate and finance practice. Its work includes development, land use, construction, housing, financing and disputes over…
$1.00M
Duane Morris is a full-service law firm with an international practice and a history extending over a century. Its client work covers both disputes and business advice, with established practices in trial work,…
$1.68M
Barnes & Thornburg grew from the 1982 merger of Indianapolis and South Bend firms, then added labor and intellectual-property boutiques as it expanded nationally. Its practice mix includes business disputes,…
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$1.43M
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani began in San Francisco in 1974 and established offices in all 50 states in 2019. Its service offerings span insurance, commercial litigation, employment, environmental, banking and…
Jackson Lewis has focused on labor and employment law since 1958. Its services address both workplace disputes and the steps employers take to prevent them, including employment policies, wage and hour compliance,…
Lewis Brisbois combines a nationwide litigation practice with transactional, contractual, and regulatory services. Its published firm materials emphasize liability defense, complex business disputes, and trial work,…
$1.23M
Nelson Mullins traces its origins to 1897 and developed from a South Carolina practice into a broader firm through expansion and combinations. Its history includes the addition of former South Carolina governor…
Ogletree Deakins began practice in Greenville and Atlanta in 1977. Its employer-focused services include labor relations, employment litigation, workplace safety, immigration, benefits and investigations. A 2027…
$1.20M