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. Related ContentInternational roundup: White & Case hits Weil for three-partner New York team while Reed Smith opens in DenverHow to get to the top in M&A: leading female partners share their tips for success‘We need more women in the rooms where influential decisions are made’ – leading M&A partners have their say‘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