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| Bonus: 0-40% of base pay<ref>[http://www.legallyindia.com/201104142026/Law-firms/talwar-thakore-breaks-through-rs-10l-fresher-pay-increments-across-board TTA hikes starter pay]</ref>
 
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| 3 (stipend)<ref>[http://www.legallyindia.com/201009231338/Law-schools/supreme-court-judicial-clerkship-stipends-hiked-to-rs-25k-attractive-enough Legally India - judicial clerkships hike stipend, September 2010]</ref>
 
| 3 (stipend)<ref>[http://www.legallyindia.com/201009231338/Law-schools/supreme-court-judicial-clerkship-stipends-hiked-to-rs-25k-attractive-enough Legally India - judicial clerkships hike stipend, September 2010]</ref>

Revision as of 13:12, 20 June 2012

This article aims to list and regularly update the base salaries at Indian law firms, in-house legal functions and other employers of Indian lawyers.

Please update with any information or data you have or send Legally India an email with figures confidentially.

2010-11 Indian legal recruiters' offered remuneration

Firm Base retainer pay (
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lakh)
Offered total package incl. max bonus (
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lakh) / other
AZB & Partners (Mumbai) 11.4 "competitive bonus"
Khaitan & Co (Mumbai) 10.8 14.8
S&R Associates 10.8
Trilegal 10.8 12.8
Talwar Thakore & Associates 10.5 Bonus: 0-40% of base pay<ref>TTA hikes starter pay</ref>
Amarchand Mangaldas 10.48 14 - 15
Luthra & Luthra 10.08 12.6 (+0.51 signing bonus)when is this paid? (+3 insurance benefits)
Finsec Law Advisers 10 Performance based bonus.
AZB & Partners (Delhi) 9.8 "competitive bonus"
J Sagar Associates (JSA) 9.6
ICICI Bank 9.05 (salary with retainer option) CTC* with other benefits convertible to full retainer after six months<ref>ICICI hikes salary</ref>.
Platinum Partners (Delhi) 9 (unconfirmed officially)
Kochhar & Co 4.2-4.8
Wadia Ghandy & Co 8.4 10 with bonus at fresher level
Argus Partners 8 10 with bonus at fresher level.
Desai & Diwanji 6 - 8.4 2% on billings + 10% on billings (if the work has been generated by the fresher) + discretionary year end bonus
Nishith Desai Associates 7.2 (salary) +4.8 fixed amount is paid out after three years with firm<ref>Revealed: 17 law firm starting salary packages</ref>. First-year CTC* figure therefore 12.12 forms base for 2nd year increase.
SAIL 6.6 - 6.8
Phoenix Legal 6 - 7.2
IFMR 6 - 6.5
Bharucha & Partners 8
Majumdar & Co. 8.43(Mumbai Avg) 4.3-6(Bagalore avg) Mumbai:8.43 +26% variable bonus
Vedanta 7
Juris Corp 6-6.5
Pangea3 4 - 6 (5 - 7 for 2010-11) (CTC* incl. bonus at top 10 law schools)
Lakshmi Kumaran & Sridharan 4.8
Crawford Bayley & Co 4.8 Variable across teams (Unconfirmed claim of 10.2 CTC* incl. performance bonus for National Law Schools)
Kochhar & Co 4.2 - 4.8
OSC Service(Clifford Chance offshoring company 5.3
CPA Global 3-5
Supreme Court judicial clerkships 3 (stipend)<ref>Legally India - judicial clerkships hike stipend, September 2010</ref>

Source: Legally India research<ref>Amarchand, Khaitan Luthra and Trilegal hike pay</ref>: interviews with students and college recruitment committees and putting those figures to law firm or organisation for correction or comment.*CTC: "cost to company" figure can include other benefits than just base salary.


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