Can someone please make a list for all tier 2 and boutique firms too .. mostly everyone discusses the tier 1's but for people like me who can't make it to T1 it'd be a big help.
Argus pays more than KCO and SAM at Mumbai now? Wow, sounds unbelievable! Moreover, so many Delhi places pay more than Mumbai, despite living costs at the latter being considerably higher!
yes, Argus and IndusLaw both are 16l which makes it a better paymaster than KCO. However, there have been multiple townhall meetings of KCO (Mumbai) where a proposed fee model has been in the talks - this could mean a higher A0 pay and revised bands across levels, if the implementation goes through.
Couple of months back when I was about to rejoin kco, the practice Partner ensured benchmarking (15-20% hike) my retainer in Mar/Apr'24. He mentioned that the firm is in the process of benchmarking their pay and a substantial fraction of the workforce is likely to benefit. Yeah, so I'm hopeful and so should be you.
How are ICUL and Anagram such great paymasters, and still not a regular feature in Day Zero for the top NLUs? I know that ICUL at least recruits from several top NLUs.
They have a fetish for toppers. ICUL and Anagram both came to NLS. ICUL threw 2 offers to the absolute toppers, and both got rejected. Anagram was invited on the 2nd day and till then all the toppers had already accepted job offers so they did not offer a single job after taking the interviews!
Such a random inclusion of Regstreet in the list. Only one person got that amount and there are people for even earlier batch who still get lower than that after 2 years of experience. Let's focus on firms which pay something standard and not on how much they can let the partner fleece them.
Salaries (after the recent hikes) across various levels at various firms!
Trilegal - 18
Saraf - 18
AZB - 14
KCO - 15
1.5 fixed + 2-2.5 months salary as bonus
7 years experience
32 lakh
No bonus ever
Here is a list of confirmed salaries for the batch of 2023 -
Trilegal (delhi and mumbai) - 19.5Kco. (Mumbai) - 15.6
CAM (delhi and mumbai)- 16
Saraf (delhi and mumbai)- 16
Luthra (mumbai)- 16
Argus (mumbai) - 16
ICUL (mumbai) - 17.5
Indus (mumbai) - 16
TT&A (mumbai)- 16.5
Anagram (delhi) - 17
AZB (mumbai) - 17.5
SAM (mumbai) - 15
NDA (mumbai) - 16
S&R (mumbai) - 18
Regstreet (mumbai) - 9