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Relationship between PPP and Partner saleries?

Are they one in the same?
Vigorous Crystalline Mediation Tanning Salon
  07/01/09
I'm going to assume you meant to say "one and the same&...
slap-happy mood ticket booth
  07/01/09
In Barack Obama's America, in is the new and.
Vigorous Crystalline Mediation Tanning Salon
  07/01/09
His phrasing is fine for all intensive purposes.
Irradiated friendly grandma
  07/01/09
180
180 out-of-control chad
  07/01/09
No, they are not. At a firm with a PPP of $2 million, you'll...
Cheese-eating thriller kitty cat
  07/01/09
what is the likelihood of this at firms with lower PPP. tha...
red stead boltzmann
  07/01/09
Is this the case even in firms with 1 level of partner?
Vigorous Crystalline Mediation Tanning Salon
  07/01/09
Tough to generalize. There are certainly firms with low PPP...
slap-happy mood ticket booth
  07/01/09
What is this buying units you speak of?
Vigorous Crystalline Mediation Tanning Salon
  07/01/09
Every partner owns a certain number of units or shares of th...
slap-happy mood ticket booth
  07/01/09
ITT: Naive, biglaw-gunning law students becum sadly disappoi...
Tripping senate rigpig
  07/01/09
Excelent working in of the word cum. Yoolur post makes me f...
Vigorous Crystalline Mediation Tanning Salon
  07/01/09
Depends on the firm, and you can't really break it down by r...
Arousing Black Kitchen
  07/01/09
lockstep doesnt mean you cant have a big spread between juni...
sickened address
  07/01/09
Lockstep is still usually broken down into 4 levels. At a fi...
Topaz Bossy Patrolman
  07/01/09
I think a lot of the high PPP lockstep firms have around a 4...
passionate prole
  07/01/09
You're low. Unless you mean those to be take-home numbers (...
slap-happy mood ticket booth
  07/01/09
can you present a model of what you think to be a typical pa...
red stead boltzmann
  07/02/09


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Date: July 1st, 2009 1:38 PM
Author: Vigorous Crystalline Mediation Tanning Salon

Are they one in the same?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12132774)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 1:42 PM
Author: slap-happy mood ticket booth

I'm going to assume you meant to say "one and the same"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12132806)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 1:43 PM
Author: Vigorous Crystalline Mediation Tanning Salon

In Barack Obama's America, in is the new and.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12132817)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 3:31 PM
Author: Irradiated friendly grandma

His phrasing is fine for all intensive purposes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12133582)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 10:21 PM
Author: 180 out-of-control chad

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12137395)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 1:44 PM
Author: Cheese-eating thriller kitty cat

No, they are not. At a firm with a PPP of $2 million, you'll find that some partners are making as much as $4.5 million while others may be making as low as $650k (new partner). It depends.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12132823)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 1:49 PM
Author: red stead boltzmann

what is the likelihood of this at firms with lower PPP. that is, and this is just an assumption, firms at the high end of PPP probably have similar partnership models and so there is great disparity in the high and low ends of actual equity partners' compensation. does this also hold true for firms with PPP of $1mill?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12132861)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 1:52 PM
Author: Vigorous Crystalline Mediation Tanning Salon

Is this the case even in firms with 1 level of partner?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12132887)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 3:07 PM
Author: slap-happy mood ticket booth

Tough to generalize. There are certainly firms with low PPP with very high spreads because of two-tier and/or eat-what-you-kill models. Alternatively, the very highest PPP V10 type firms tend to have lower spreads and are almost, if not entirely, fully lockstep. However, that's not true of some high PPP firms like Kirkland, Dechert or Cadwaladar.

The other issue is that PPP is not an accurate reflection of average take-home in a given year either because partners are required to leave reserves, fund capital calls, buy additional units, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12133396)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 3:15 PM
Author: Vigorous Crystalline Mediation Tanning Salon

What is this buying units you speak of?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12133444)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 3:23 PM
Author: slap-happy mood ticket booth

Every partner owns a certain number of units or shares of the partnership, allocated among the partners based upon seniority, production, firm service, etc. Generally when a partner is allocated additional units or shares he or she has to buy the units or shares at that year's value.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12133492)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 3:32 PM
Author: Tripping senate rigpig

ITT: Naive, biglaw-gunning law students becum sadly disappointed when they realize partnership doesn't mean you simply receive a check for $70,000 once a month after you becum "partner."

Yes dipshits, not only do you have a less than 10% chance of making the cut, but it will likely be about ten years, you don't make millions right away, and you still work like a dog - the firm comes first.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12133591)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 6:25 PM
Author: Vigorous Crystalline Mediation Tanning Salon

Excelent working in of the word cum. Yoolur post makes me feel sorry for strivers working in DC or NYc. Much easier partnership prospects in smaller markets.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12135353)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 7:13 PM
Author: Arousing Black Kitchen

Depends on the firm, and you can't really break it down by ranking/prestige. You can see a big spread between partners at firms like Skadden, S&C, and Dechert, while I think Cleary, Debevoise, and Cravath still have lockstep partnership.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12135787)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 7:43 PM
Author: sickened address

lockstep doesnt mean you cant have a big spread between junior and senior dude

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12136062)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 8:00 PM
Author: Topaz Bossy Patrolman

Lockstep is still usually broken down into 4 levels. At a firm with $2M PPP, a first year partner would likely make around $660k, 4-5th year partner around $1.34M, a partner who has been a partner for 9-10+ years would likely be right at the $2M PPP, and then you'd have a few head guys (possibly the named founders) who get around $2.5M.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12136200)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 11:15 PM
Author: passionate prole

I think a lot of the high PPP lockstep firms have around a 4:1 spread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12138074)



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Date: July 1st, 2009 11:17 PM
Author: slap-happy mood ticket booth

You're low. Unless you mean those to be take-home numbers (ignoring forced unit purchases).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12138102)



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Date: July 2nd, 2009 8:57 AM
Author: red stead boltzmann

can you present a model of what you think to be a typical partnership scenario and what expected payout would be per tier/partnership year. here are your assumptions. firm with PPP of $2 million; leverage of 3 associates to 1 partner; equity partners only. rest of the assumptions are yours (i.e., amount of forced unit purchases, equity tiers, etc.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1031429&forum_id=2#12140307)