Any sense of what comp should be for the 2nd most senior attorney in legal at a portfolio company with revenues of $1-2bn/yr? 3 other attorneys in the practice. Currently a senior associate in big law and am being aggressively headhunted by a specific company, but their offer is a ~50% pay cut (TC of ~285k although 60 is not guaranteed). Not FAANG nor a bank or fund.

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I work for a subsidiary of a portco in that revenue range and my comp on the small US legal team this year will be around $235k base with a 25% bonus plus equity in the publicly traded parent in an amount that hasn’t been disclosed to me yet.

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2019 grad for reference.

That seems about right, especially in today’s market.

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Top lawyer in a company can make decent money. But it typically falls off a cliff after that.

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I think that sounds about right

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Seems spot on to me.

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whats ur YOE

also to PC1’s point, many FAANG dont even care about biglaw experience, unless you are doing m/a or securities or some biglaw niche, having BL experience isnt a huge differentiator for in house hiring

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