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. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact jasmine.glass@legalbusiness.co.uk Related ContentMore in this categoryTrading places: Paul Hastings picks up from Latham and Paul Weiss as Linklaters continues US pushRevolving Doors: Linklaters adds eight-lawyer Paris team as Goodwin hires in London and Broadfield recruits from Sidley and KirklandLinklaters re-elects leadership duo after ‘biggest year-on-year increase in profit in more than 20 years’‘Setting ourselves up for the future’ – McDermott ups London trainee pay to £70kSlaughter and May matches magic circle peers with NQ pay hike to £150k‘At the top of UK associate compensation’ – McDermott hikes London NQ pay to $225kSlaughter 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