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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
Covington & Burling advises clients on legal and public-policy matters. The firm's international practice addresses business issues involving law and government policy.
$225,000
$3.25M
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is devoted to business litigation and arbitration. Its international office network extends across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia, while maintaining a…
$235,000+
$9.54M
White & Case handles cross-border transactions, arbitration, and litigation through a platform combining US, English, and local-law capabilities. Its work involves international businesses and investors whose matters…
$4.41M
Ropes & Gray's work includes private equity and asset management, with published research addressing the structure and development of private capital markets. Its materials speak to investment managers, fundraisers,…
$7.05M
Paul Hastings was founded in 1951 and has developed an international practice serving investment banks, asset managers, and corporations. Its current firm materials emphasize financial and business clients, with…
$8.33M
Cooley's practice is closely associated with technology, life sciences and the investors that finance growing businesses. Its work includes company formation, venture financing, public offerings, acquisitions and…
$255,000+
$4.58M
Debevoise & Plimpton combines transactional and disputes work for businesses, financial institutions and investment firms. Private equity and insurance are recurring subjects in its published practice material,…
$6.00M
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…
$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
Wilson Sonsini's life sciences practice works with entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and public and private companies. Its team includes lawyers, patent agents, and scientific advisers, reflecting the technical…
$3.74M
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
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…
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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…
$2.06M
Pillsbury advises companies and investors in technology, energy and infrastructure, financial services, life sciences and digital health, and real estate and construction. Its firm materials place the intersection of…
$2.89M
McGuireWoods' practice includes debt finance and government investigations, serving financial institutions, businesses, and individuals. Its financing work covers secured and unsecured credit arrangements,…
$215,000
Base salary
$2.68M
Haynes Boone's energy finance practice illustrates the firm's connection to financial institutions, investors, and operating businesses. It represents lenders and borrowers in transactions involving oil and gas,…
$1.68M
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
$2.51M