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This BigLaw agency has deferred begin dates for some associates
By Debra Cassens Weiss
July 28, 2025, 12:21 pm CDT
A&O Shearman has deferred begin dates to January for a bunch of its new associates. (Photograph from Shutterstock)
A&O Shearman has deferred begin dates to January for a bunch of its new associates.
The deferral is meant to handle the regulation agency’s expertise pipeline and keep the power of the agency’s affiliate expertise, in line with a supply acquainted with the scenario.
A&O Shearman has traditionally had two begin dates for its incoming first-year class, the supply instructed the ABA Journal. Consistent with business requirements, first-year associates have all the time had the choice of a wage advance. The cash is repayable over 10 months, in line with Above the Legislation’s protection.
Above the Legislation says the delayed begin dates observe “rising pains” that had been a part of the merger that produced A&O Shearman, which took impact slightly greater than a yr in the past.
After the merger, the agency introduced plans to chop 10% of its international partnership. About 7% of the companions had left by Could 2025, Legislation.com says in its story on the beginning dates.
Legislation.com additionally factors to uncertainty for “M&A-centric regulation corporations, with commerce talks and tariffs placing some cross-border offers on maintain.”
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