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The bigger question is whether peers will close the compensation gap created by an earlier set of summer bonuses Milbank granted to associates.

"It's certainly not the highest priority right now, but there are a few angles that are maybe appealing to the [Trump] administration," Paul Haskel, a partner with Crowell & Moring, said of the likelihood of tighter regulation.

The bigger question is whether peers will close the compensation gap created by an earlier set of summer bonuses Milbank granted to associates.

Richard Peterson is the second partner to jump from Perkins Coie to Stradley Ronon since July, joining Jesse Kanach, who co-chairs the firm's private investment funds practice.

The firm is promoting 44 associates to partner, 12 more than in 2023. November 19, 2024 at 05:25 PM 3 minute read Law Firm Partners

The firm is promoting 44 associates to partner, 12 more than in 2023. Most of the new partners are located in New York but seven of the cohort are in London, including one who is dually based in Brussels, while two are based in Hong Kong.

The competition has received more than 100 pitches in the four years since it launched, and participation extends beyond the lawyer ranks to paralegals, legal assistants and business professionals.

"We congratulate these individuals on this milestone achievement," firm co-chairman Matthew Feldman said in a statement. "They have demonstrated a tremendous commitment to our clients and firm, and we wish them continued success."

"We do not think or do not deem it necessary that the agreement itself should be disclosed," said Susanne Augenhofer, a professor at the Austrian-based University of Innsbruck and visiting professor at Yale Law School. "Yes to disclosure, but only to the identity of the funder and the fact that a third-party funder is involved."

"We are starting to see firms focus on capital markets associate hiring in anticipation of increased debt and equity offerings in a decreased SEC regulatory environment," said Lateral Link Managing Director Jesse Hyde.