INTL Law Firm Targeting (Playbook)

The firm-by-firm map of US BigLaw and UK Magic Circle. 100+ firms, five tiers, every salary band in USD and GBP, every recruiting window.

This Playbook covers The Tier System for US + UK Law (different in US vs UK), Tier 1 US BigLaw V100 Top Tier + UK Magic Circle (Wachtell, Cravath, Sullivan & Cromwell, Davis Polk, Skadden, Latham, Kirkland, Sidley, Cleary, Paul Weiss, Simpson Thacher, Weil, Gibson Dunn + Slaughter and May, Linklaters, Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, Freshfields), Tier 2 US V100 Mid Tier + UK Silver Circle (Mayer Brown, White & Case, DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells, Ropes & Gray, Quinn Emanuel, Jones Day + Macfarlanes, Travers Smith, HSF, Ashurst, BCLP), Tier 3 Regional + Specialist, Tier 4 In-House + Big 4 Legal (FAANG legal, FTSE 100 in-house, Deloitte Legal, PwC Legal, KPMG Law, EY Law), Tier 5 Government + Public Interest (US DOJ, SEC, DOJ Antitrust + UK CPS, GLD, FCO), the Recruiting Calendar by Region (US OCI in 2L August, 1L Diversity Programs + UK Training Contract Vacation Schemes Easter/Summer, applications Dec-Feb), full Salary Tables in USD and GBP (US Cravath Scale $225k base Y1 + $20k-$140k bonus, Cravath Scale class-year escalators + UK NQ £100k-£175k Magic Circle, £140k-£175k US firms in London like Kirkland, Latham, Skadden, Cleary), and the Master Law Checklist (Plan A Cravath / Magic Circle, Plan B mid-tier BigLaw / Silver Circle, Plan C in-house / Big 4 Legal / regional).

47 pages. US + UK. Cycle 2026. Brand: Alex Euripidou - Established 1993.