We want LI to be one of the friendliest places on the internet, where lawyers and law students help each other with their career related queries and occasionally discuss other stuff that might affect their lives too. In other words:
1. Be kind, respectful and helpful to each other.
2. Be bona fide, truthful, genuine and curious.
3. Assume the best intention of others.
Therefore, in using the site, you must agree to do your best to uphold these community guidelines.
Note that what you find here is written and moderated by anonymous people on the internet.
Therefore everything you read here is very likely unverified, rumour, speculation and/or downright false.
In continuing to read anything here, you must therefore agree not to take anything you read here as factual and that you will exercise due caution, diligence and common sense before acting on any information you may come across here.
You also agree to report any inaccurate or malicious comments with the buttons. Moderators take action within 24 hours, as required and appropriate under law.
Our full terms and conditions apply too.
Do you solemnly agree to all of the above?
Junior Associate - 60k pm.
All associates have an 8% bill share
A0 - 1.10 lakhs pm fixed and up to 1.5 lakhs bonus
A1 - 1.45 lakhs pm fixed and up to 3 lakhs bonus
A2 - 1.65 lakhs pm fixed and upto 4-5 lakhs bonus
A3 - 1.80 lakhs pm fixed and upto 6-7 lakhs bonus
SA1 - 2.10 lakhs pm fixed and upto 10 lakhs bonus
SA2 - 2.60 lakhs pm fixed and upto 12 lakhs bonus
SA3 - 3.10 lakhs pm fixed and upto 15 lakhs bonus
PA1 - 3.75 lakhs pm fixed and upto 20 lakhs bonus
PA2 - 4.10 lakhs pm fixed and upto 23-24 lakhs bonus
Junior Partner - 4.90 lakhs pm fixed and upto 30 lakhs bonus
Mid Level Partner - 6.10 lakhs pm fixed and upto 40 lakhs bonus
Equity Partner - 7.95 lakhs pm fixed and upto 1 crore bonus (depends on deals)
Senior Partner - 12.5 lakhs pm fixed and bonus can go upto anything depending on the business they bring in.
You are in a specific corporate team or a competition team.
For other teams itβs just 1-1.2 Lakh (on a higher end) as A0.
Bonus is 4L on top of that, don't think anyone gets full
Fun Fact: Loyalist and hard workers will now get offended when they get to know they have been and are being underpaid and the seniors will (as they always do) deny this.