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Vault #1

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Cravath's associate-development model is one of its most distinctive published features. New associates choose among Corporate, Litigation, Tax, Executive Compensation and Benefits, and Trusts and Estates. The firm…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$7.20M

3 officesEst. 1819AmLaw #50

Vault #2

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz was founded in 1965 and focuses on major business transactions and sensitive corporate situations. Its services include mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, takeovers and…

First-year comp

$450,000+

Est. incl. bonus

Profits per partner

$12.15M

1 officeEst. 1965AmLaw #46

Vault #3

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden was founded in New York in 1948 by Marshall Skadden, Les Arps, and John Slate. Joe Flom joined as its first associate that year, and Bill Meagher joined in 1959. The firm's history connects its growth to…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$7.01M

21 officesEst. 1948 · New YorkAmLaw #5

Vault #4

Latham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins brings together transactional, litigation, and regulatory practices across major business and financial centers. Its firm materials describe a broad platform designed to combine disciplines around a…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$8.65M

29 officesEst. 1934 · Los AngelesAmLaw #2

Vault #5

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell's practice combines corporate transactions with litigation, investigations, and advice to boards and senior executives. Its published work includes mergers and acquisitions, private equity,…

First-year comp

$235,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$7.57M

11 officesEst. 1879AmLaw #25

Vault #6

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

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

23 officesEst. 1909AmLaw #1

Vault #7

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Davis Polk advises on corporate transactions, financing and disputes, with financial institutions forming a particularly visible part of its practice. Its work for banks and other financial businesses connects…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$9.80M

7 officesEst. 1849AmLaw #14

Vault #8

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Gibson Dunn's law student materials describe a practice covering litigation, appeals, and major business transactions. Summer associates can encounter work involving financing, mergers and acquisitions, public…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$8.89M

22 officesEst. 1890AmLaw #4

Vault #9

Milbank LLP

Milbank's practice includes financing work connected to projects, technology, and infrastructure. Its public materials highlight transactions involving telecommunications, media, and technology finance, including…

First-year comp

$235,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$7.62M

11 officesEst. 1866AmLaw #28

Vault #10

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Simpson Thacher's published work includes private equity, fund formation, mergers and acquisitions, financing, and business litigation. Its client matters show recurring connections to investment managers, financial…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$8.57M

15 officesEst. 1884AmLaw #10

Vault #11

Sidley Austin LLP

Sidley Austin's investment funds practice combines advice on financial products with securities regulation, tax, derivatives, capital markets, and enforcement. Its registered funds work includes traditional…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$5.97M

20 officesEst. 1866 · ChicagoAmLaw #6

Vault #12

Covington & Burling LLP

Covington & Burling advises clients on legal and public-policy matters. The firm's international practice addresses business issues involving law and government policy.

First-year comp

$225,000

Market rate

Profits per partner

$3.25M

14 officesEst. 1919 · WashingtonAmLaw #30

Vault #13

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

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Vault #14

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

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…

First-year comp

$235,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$9.54M

33 officesEst. 1986AmLaw #20

Vault #15

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Weil's practice is organized around corporate work, litigation, restructuring, and tax, executive compensation, and benefits. Its international offices operate under an integrated approach intended to combine…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$5.59M

16 officesEst. 1931AmLaw #29

Vault #16

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Cleary Gottlieb has operated internationally since its founding in 1946. Its own account emphasizes a single integrated partnership, with offices in major financial centers sharing resources across borders. The firm…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$6.05M

14 officesEst. 1946 · New York and WashingtonAmLaw #32

Vault #17

Williams & Connolly LLP

Williams & Connolly concentrates on litigation, with a practice that includes trial work, Supreme Court advocacy, and appeals. Its published matters and lawyer materials show work involving life sciences, patents,…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$3.82M

1 officeEst. 1967AmLaw #87

Vault #18

White & Case LLP

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…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$4.41M

43 officesEst. 1901 · New YorkAmLaw #9

Vault #19

Susman Godfrey LLP

Susman Godfrey focuses on complex commercial litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants. Its firm history emphasizes trial work and the development of alternative fee arrangements, an approach associated with…

First-year comp

$240,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$5.23M

4 officesEst. 1980AmLaw #92

Vault #20

Ropes & Gray LLP

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,…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$7.05M

10 officesEst. 1865AmLaw #7

Vault #21

Paul Hastings LLP

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…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$8.33M

24 officesEst. 1951AmLaw #22

Vault #22

Cooley LLP

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…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$4.58M

19 officesEst. 1920AmLaw #24

Vault #23

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

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,…

First-year comp

$225,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$6.00M

8 officesEst. 1931AmLaw #35

Vault #24

Ashurst Perkins Coie LLP

Perkins Coie has been named to Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For list for 22 consecutive years -- a streak no other law firm comes close to matching. Headquartered in Seattle and deeply embedded in the Pacific…

First-year comp

$255,000+

Market rate

Profits per partner

$1.99M

16 officesEst. 1912AmLaw #51