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2006 PPP
cream pit
  03/22/07
Thanks, I'll update my list: http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.p...
Disgusting blathering crackhouse
  03/22/07
*licks chops*
unhinged translucent field scourge upon the earth
  03/22/07
like you'll make equity partner
razzle dilemma pistol
  03/22/07
better chance than you do of making md anywhere.
titillating cerise parlour
  03/22/07
incorrect
Misunderstood goal in life
  03/22/07
bwahahahahahahahahahahaha....*pause for breath*....ahahahaha...
unhinged translucent field scourge upon the earth
  03/22/07
have you gotten into law school yet?
Misunderstood goal in life
  03/22/07
No. Is that your comeback? You won't make MD with that d...
unhinged translucent field scourge upon the earth
  03/22/07
ok, you've got a long way to go then
Misunderstood goal in life
  03/22/07
And while I acknowledge that the likelihood of my achieving ...
unhinged translucent field scourge upon the earth
  03/22/07
Although you are wrong about so many things, you could be co...
Concupiscible hairless foreskin stage
  03/22/07
Are those 200 I-banking MDs, or 200 total, including private...
Flushed Impertinent Wrinkle Internal Respiration
  03/22/07
I can't be sure, but I think it was more general, so it woul...
Concupiscible hairless foreskin stage
  03/22/07
also there are hr md's and it md's. these guys are lucky to ...
titillating cerise parlour
  03/22/07
Meh, we'll see.
unhinged translucent field scourge upon the earth
  03/22/07
in other news, blackstone's ceo is worth $10 billion.
razzle dilemma pistol
  03/22/07
Tell me, how many Blackstone CEOs are there again?
ruinous phenotype
  03/22/07
everyone who graduates with a UCLA MBA is a blackstone ceo!!...
Fighting wagecucks preventive strike
  03/22/07
Fuck, why didn't I do that?
ruinous phenotype
  03/22/07
lolz cause you're going to law school lolz
Fighting wagecucks preventive strike
  03/22/07
it's probably your 580 gmat
Misunderstood goal in life
  03/22/07
You're right, a 780 is both necessary and sufficient to beco...
ruinous phenotype
  03/22/07
no, but 580 will keep you out of ucla
Misunderstood goal in life
  03/22/07
I hope you know that both posts you were responding to were ...
ruinous phenotype
  03/22/07
i hope you know ucla mba >>> hls jd
Misunderstood goal in life
  03/22/07
ty, I lol'd.
ruinous phenotype
  03/22/07
Why is this article saying WLRK's profits went up by 10%? Th...
alcoholic stock car native
  03/22/07
Where does it say they went up 10%? EDIT: Oops, missed th...
Disgusting blathering crackhouse
  03/22/07
Because if there are more partners this year, their profits ...
Lavender Charismatic Gas Station Philosopher-king
  03/22/07
It should be increase in PPP though -- that's how the figure...
Disgusting blathering crackhouse
  03/22/07
Yeah. I hadn't looked at the artile/chart. Beats me then.
Lavender Charismatic Gas Station Philosopher-king
  03/22/07
Simpson T?
violent infuriating hall
  03/22/07
Eddie Lampert and Boone Pickens both made over $1 billion la...
impressive startling toaster
  03/22/07
I'd settle for making $500 million if I could have the name ...
Bonkers School Pocket Flask
  03/22/07
Senior Partner leaves Paul Weiss for WLRK
purple marketing idea
  03/25/07





Date: March 22nd, 2007 6:45 AM
Author: cream pit
Subject: 2006 PPP

Poor Skadden is like the little engine that could topping $2M for the first time. Sad really.

http://www.legalweek.com/Articles/1017935/MA+boom+drives+Wall+St+elite+to+3m+partner+profits.html

Average partner profits of $3m (£1.5m) have become the benchmark for top US firms, Legal Week can reveal, after a record year for M&A helped a handful of New York firms maintain their lead in the profession’s global profits race.

Manhattan M&A powerhouse Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz is top of the list with 2006 profits per equity partner (PEP) just below $4m (£2m), while Cravath Swaine & Moore’s PEP rose 13% to hit $3m (£1.5m).

Sullivan & Cromwell achieved a PEP figure of $2.8m (£1.4m), level with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, America’s largest law firm, broke the $2m (£1m) PEP barrier after a 16% rise.

The results, the first snapshot of the top US firms’ 2006 financial performance, mean at least four New York firms have average partner profits approaching or in excess of $3m, maintaining their lead over London rivals.

Currently only Slaughter and May and Linklaters have PEP higher than $2m (£1m), though many UK firms are currently predicting substantial profits growth when they finalise their 2006-07 results.

Another New York firm to post above-trend results is Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, which unveiled partner profits of $1.53m (£787,000), a 23% rise on 2005, and revenues of $470.5m (£242m).

US partners point to a record year for M&A in America as the main driver for growth, with a clutch of big-ticket private equity deals dominating the market.

However, while top-tier M&A firms were able to cash in on a limited number of private equity club deals, deal volume was only marginally up on 2005, which meant many firms outside the top bracket were unable to keep pace. A dip in litigation work is also widely regarded to have hit the bottom line of a number of US firms.

Debevoise & Plimpton co-chair of litigation John Kiernan commented: “While there are pockets of intense activity, some firms have had to adjust to the winding down of the Enron and Spitzer-related work.”

Many Manhattan-based firms were also hit by associate salary rises, which one firm estimates lowered its PEP by 5%.

Despite these trends, UK firms’ New York practices have also enjoyed a year of growth.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s US operation is expected to record a revenue increase of around 50%, with a revenue

per lawyer figure comparable to top-tier Manhattan firms, while Clifford Chance will see a 20% jump in turnover following a year that has seen the firm secure a number of substantial US M&A mandates.

Linklaters managing partner Tony Angel commented: “In 2006, world markets were strong, so it is not a surprise the US firms have posted robust results.”

He added: “We are rapidly approaching a situation where our competitors are the other leading global firms — it has become largely irrelevant where they are headquartered. But after substantial investment over the last few years in their global networks, the four internationally-minded magic circle firms are performing very well.”

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(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795575)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 7:49 AM
Author: Disgusting blathering crackhouse

Thanks, I'll update my list: http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=563047&mc=106&forum_id=2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795595)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 8:18 AM
Author: unhinged translucent field scourge upon the earth

*licks chops*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795622)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 9:15 AM
Author: razzle dilemma pistol

like you'll make equity partner

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795682)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 10:02 AM
Author: titillating cerise parlour

better chance than you do of making md anywhere.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795813)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:20 PM
Author: Misunderstood goal in life

incorrect

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796330)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:30 PM
Author: unhinged translucent field scourge upon the earth

bwahahahahahahahahahahaha....*pause for breath*....ahahahahaha hahahaahahahahahaha

You sad, deluded fuck. Your "life" is the epitome of the modern upper-middle class tragedy. You're a joke.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796386)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:33 PM
Author: Misunderstood goal in life

have you gotten into law school yet?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796411)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:35 PM
Author: unhinged translucent field scourge upon the earth

No.

Is that your comeback? You won't make MD with that deficiency in wit. Or are you shooting for CEO now?

Fucking douche.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796422)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:36 PM
Author: Misunderstood goal in life

ok, you've got a long way to go then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796433)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:40 PM
Author: unhinged translucent field scourge upon the earth

And while I acknowledge that the likelihood of my achieving partner is slim, you continue to delude yourself into thinking you'll be making MD. Enjoy a second round of burnout. Maybe you can come back and post about how much consultants make everytime there's a thread about biglaw salaries.

Get a fucking life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796458)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:42 PM
Author: Concupiscible hairless foreskin stage

Although you are wrong about so many things, you could be correct about this. Morgan Stanley makes 200 people MDs each year (based on an ad I saw in the WSJ a few months ago--although I am not sure how often these ads come out; I am assuming once per year).

At the top 50 law firms, of the 3000 or so who become associates, only 300 will eventually make partner. I am not sure how many people start out as associates at Morgan Stanley, but if it is less than 2000, then it is actually easier to make MD at Morgan Stanley (assuming you start there), then it is to make partner at a top 50 firm. Of course, only a very small percentage of HSW MBAs will start out as associates at these firms--about 15% based on stats on the wharton site.

It's possible that banks weed out a lot of people before they even get into a bulge bracket bank and law firms weed out during the first five years of practice. This actually makes sense since someone who is an associate at a ibank will be in their late 20s and has already been weeded out several times through analyst programs, MBA admissions, and ibanking recruiting. An associate at a top 50 firm is only weeded out once (law school admissions) since just about anyone at a top 10 law school will get a job in biglaw. Maybe it is better to compare an associate at an ibank with a mid level assoicate at a law firm, since about 1/2 of 5th year top 50 associates will make partner at a top 50 firm (since attrition is about 80% by the 5th year).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796469)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 1:05 PM
Author: Flushed Impertinent Wrinkle Internal Respiration

Are those 200 I-banking MDs, or 200 total, including private banking and other divisions where they'd make a fraction of top law partners?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796584)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 1:25 PM
Author: Concupiscible hairless foreskin stage

I can't be sure, but I think it was more general, so it would include other divisions.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796717)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 1:50 PM
Author: titillating cerise parlour

also there are hr md's and it md's. these guys are lucky to make $200k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796873)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:27 PM
Author: unhinged translucent field scourge upon the earth

Meh, we'll see.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796376)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 9:15 AM
Author: razzle dilemma pistol

in other news, blackstone's ceo is worth $10 billion.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795678)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 10:14 AM
Author: ruinous phenotype (one, two, three, no gravity)

Tell me, how many Blackstone CEOs are there again?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795834)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 10:39 AM
Author: Fighting wagecucks preventive strike

everyone who graduates with a UCLA MBA is a blackstone ceo!!!111

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795919)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 10:40 AM
Author: ruinous phenotype (one, two, three, no gravity)

Fuck, why didn't I do that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795920)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 10:46 AM
Author: Fighting wagecucks preventive strike

lolz cause you're going to law school lolz

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795946)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:19 PM
Author: Misunderstood goal in life

it's probably your 580 gmat

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796328)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:21 PM
Author: ruinous phenotype (one, two, three, no gravity)

You're right, a 780 is both necessary and sufficient to become CEO of Blackstone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796342)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:22 PM
Author: Misunderstood goal in life

no, but 580 will keep you out of ucla

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796350)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:23 PM
Author: ruinous phenotype (one, two, three, no gravity)

I hope you know that both posts you were responding to were jokes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796359)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:25 PM
Author: Misunderstood goal in life

i hope you know ucla mba >>> hls jd

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796365)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:25 PM
Author: ruinous phenotype (one, two, three, no gravity)

ty, I lol'd.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796369)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 10:37 AM
Author: alcoholic stock car native

Why is this article saying WLRK's profits went up by 10%? They were at $3.89 million last year; $3.9 million this year means profits were basically flat. What am I missing?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795910)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 10:38 AM
Author: Disgusting blathering crackhouse

Where does it say they went up 10%?

EDIT: Oops, missed the chart.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795917)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 11:54 AM
Author: Lavender Charismatic Gas Station Philosopher-king

Because if there are more partners this year, their profits could rise while PPP could remain flat?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796221)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 11:58 AM
Author: Disgusting blathering crackhouse

It should be increase in PPP though -- that's how the figure is given in the other situations.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796239)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:00 PM
Author: Lavender Charismatic Gas Station Philosopher-king

Yeah. I hadn't looked at the artile/chart. Beats me then.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796248)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 10:38 AM
Author: violent infuriating hall

Simpson T?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7795914)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 11:08 AM
Author: impressive startling toaster

Eddie Lampert and Boone Pickens both made over $1 billion last year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796022)





Date: March 22nd, 2007 12:05 PM
Author: Bonkers School Pocket Flask

I'd settle for making $500 million if I could have the name T. Boone Pickens.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7796275)





Date: March 25th, 2007 12:46 AM
Author: purple marketing idea
Subject: Senior Partner leaves Paul Weiss for WLRK

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/23/business/23churn.html

Co-Chair of executive compen$ation and employee benefit$ make$ the $witch. He just got a rai$e for $ure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=599706&forum_id=2#7812558)