Pay and Bonuses
Barclays hikes CEO’s maximum pay to £14.3m
Shareholders wave through overhaul to CS Venkatakrishnan’s pay
Dubai’s finance sector has boomed. Now it needs regulators
In high demand, compliance staff are tripling their salaries as the UAE rolls out the red carpet
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M&A banker bonuses to be squeezed 25% as deal slump continues
Bankers set for another year of compressed bonuses amid ongoing transaction drought
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Centerview Partners hikes UK staff pay to record £413k per head
The boutique paid its UK staff more than at any point since it set up in the country in 2009
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Kirkland & Ellis partner pay hits $9.2m
The law firm’s average equity partner profit passed $9m for the first time
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Paul Weiss partner pay hits $7.5m following London expansion drive
The US law firm grew profit and revenue in 2024
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Latham & Watkins and the race for $20m partner pay
Catch up on this week’s top legal news
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Latham & Watkins’ $20m pay ratchets up pressure: ‘Don’t call him, call me’
The once-egalitarian Latham & Watkins has changed its points system to reward star performers — and partners are fighting each other to prove they’re worth the $20m+ pay packets on offer.
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US law firm Milbank ups pay for new lawyers to $225,000
Newly qualified lawyers in London will start on $225,000 following the pay hike
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NatWest hikes top bonuses 27% as markets business swings to profit
Revenue at NatWest Markets rises 16% to £1.2bn
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Ken Moelis handed $25m retention bonus as banks try to lock in key executives
Investment banks are increasingly handing long-term incentives to convince key staff to stick around
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Lawyer pay explosion ‘not sustainable,’ says Simmons & Simmons boss
‘There’s always a reckoning,’ says Simmons & Simmons managing partner Jeremy Hoyland
‘There are a lot of unhappy faces’: Banks’ bumper bonus round divides staff
Bankers are feeling short-changed despite a year of stellar profits
Morgan Stanley hikes European dealmaker bonuses by 20%
The Wall Street bank has increased the overall pool, but skewed rises towards senior employees
Latham & Watkins partners set for 17% pay boost after strong year
Partners at the world’s second-largest law firm set for double-digit pay hikes
Bullish bankers expect 42% bonus boost
A survey of 1,700 bankers at leading firms predicts a bumper bonus round in 2024
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Pay for BlueCrest Capital UK’s highest-paid member plunges to £4.4m
The firm’s revenue dropped from £187.3m to £52.6m
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Robey Warshaw’s Simon Robey paid £40m after lucrative year for the bank
Ex-chancellor George Osborne took a share of £70m in profit
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Bank of England unveils plans to reduce senior banker bonus deferrals
The regulator is proposing to reduce deferrals from eight to five years
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Debt bankers’ 35% jump leads resurgence in dealmaker bonuses
Investment bankers are predicted to get a significant uptick in bonuses for 2024
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