{"id":138137,"date":"2025-12-04T11:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/04\/in-addition-to-year-end-bonuses-this-biglaw-firm-is-offering-associates-super-bonuses-of-up-to-200k\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:36:10","slug":"in-addition-to-year-end-bonuses-this-biglaw-firm-is-offering-associates-super-bonuses-of-up-to-200k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/12\/04\/in-addition-to-year-end-bonuses-this-biglaw-firm-is-offering-associates-super-bonuses-of-up-to-200k\/","title":{"rendered":"In Addition To Year-End Bonuses, This Biglaw Firm Is Offering Associates \u2018Super Bonuses\u2019 Of Up To $200K"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biglaw firms are busy matching the prevailing market rate for bonuses, but at some firms, matching the market scale set by\u00a0Cravath<\/a>\u00a0is only the start. If you want money, money, and even more money, a firm like Cahill Gordon & Reindel is the place to be. <\/p>\n

The firm has come over the top yet again on its special bonuses \u2014 by quite a bit compared to what\u2019s being offered by Milbank<\/a>, which has become the firm\u2019s calling card in recent years. Here\u2019s what the bonus scale looks like at Cahill:<\/p>\n

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But that\u2019s not all. The firm is going even farther this year, but offering up even more cash for deserving associates. Here\u2019s a relevant excerpt from Cahill\u2019s bonus memo:<\/p>\n

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[A] select number of associates in the Classes of 2018 through 2021 who have demonstrated extraordinary performance this past year will be eligible to receive a super bonus of up to $200,000 (based on performance and seniority), which will be in lieu of the Special Bonus\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Wow \u2014 a six-figure super bonus really is<\/em> super! A big congratulations to everyone at Cahill!<\/p>\n

Remember everyone, we depend on your tips to stay on top of compensation updates, so when your firm announces or matches, please text us (646-820-8477) or\u00a0email us<\/a>\u00a0(subject line: \u201c[Firm Name] Bonus\/Matches\u201d). Please include the memo if available. You can take a photo of the memo and send it via text or email if you don\u2019t want to forward the original PDF or Word file.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019d like to sign up for ATL\u2019s Bonus Alerts (which is the alert list we also use for salary announcements), please scroll down and enter your email address in the box below this post. If you previously signed up for the bonus alerts, you don\u2019t need to do anything. You\u2019ll receive an email notification within minutes of each bonus announcement that we publish. Thanks for your help!<\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post In Addition To Year-End Bonuses, This Biglaw Firm Is Offering Associates \u2018Super Bonuses\u2019 Of Up To $200K<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Biglaw firms are busy matching the prevailing market rate for bonuses, but at some firms, matching the market scale set by\u00a0Cravath<\/a>\u00a0is only the start. If you want money, money, and even more money, a firm like Cahill Gordon & Reindel is the place to be. <\/p>\n

The firm has come over the top yet again on its special bonuses \u2014 by quite a bit compared to what\u2019s being offered by Milbank<\/a>, which has become the firm\u2019s calling card in recent years. Here\u2019s what the bonus scale looks like at Cahill:<\/p>\n

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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But that\u2019s not all. The firm is going even farther this year, but offering up even more cash for deserving associates. Here\u2019s a relevant excerpt from Cahill\u2019s bonus memo:<\/p>\n

\n

[A] select number of associates in the Classes of 2018 through 2021 who have demonstrated extraordinary performance this past year will be eligible to receive a super bonus of up to $200,000 (based on performance and seniority), which will be in lieu of the Special Bonus\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Wow \u2014 a six-figure super bonus really is<\/em> super! A big congratulations to everyone at Cahill!<\/p>\n

Remember everyone, we depend on your tips to stay on top of compensation updates, so when your firm announces or matches, please text us (646-820-8477) or\u00a0email us<\/a>\u00a0(subject line: \u201c[Firm Name] Bonus\/Matches\u201d). Please include the memo if available. You can take a photo of the memo and send it via text or email if you don\u2019t want to forward the original PDF or Word file.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019d like to sign up for ATL\u2019s Bonus Alerts (which is the alert list we also use for salary announcements), please scroll down and enter your email address in the box below this post. If you previously signed up for the bonus alerts, you don\u2019t need to do anything. You\u2019ll receive an email notification within minutes of each bonus announcement that we publish. Thanks for your help!<\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biglaw firms are busy matching the prevailing market rate for bonuses, but at some firms, matching the market scale set by\u00a0Cravath\u00a0is only the start. If you want money, money, and even more money, a firm like Cahill Gordon & Reindel is the place to be. The firm has come over the top yet again on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":138114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Staci-Zaretsky-aJUvjn.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}