Linklaters the latest to match Cravath’s $180,000 associate pay in New York salary war Legal Business23 June 2016PayAssociatesUS Linklaters has become the latest, and the last, of the Magic Circle firms in the US to match Cravath, Swaine & Moore’s $180,000 pay for first year associates in New York.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Related Content‘Why not me?’ – the law firms leading the way in the Social Mobility Employer IndexPaul Weiss continues to add Kirkland alumni in London as TDR GC Holdsworth joinsLinklaters claims top spot in Stonewall Top Employers list‘Setting ourselves up for the future’ – McDermott ups London trainee pay to £70kLatham rewards more than 20 star performers with new ‘super points’ rankSlaughter and May matches magic circle peers with NQ pay hike to £150kSlaughter and May matches magic circle peers with NQ pay hike to £150kThe new £150k benchmark for Magic Circle associates – ‘rewarding the best’, or ‘slightly alarming’?Clifford Chance names Cohen first New York managing partner amid fresh bid to crack America with Houston office opening