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Are We Seeing the End of the Single-Tier Partnership Structure?

By Patrick Smith
November 01, 2024

With Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton moving to a two-tier partnership structure this month, the latest in a line of recent converts, the question becomes what comes next for the dwindling number of major firms that don't have a nonequity tier. At what point do tradition and culture yield to change and progression?

Single-tier partnership firms may now be at a competitive disadvantage with peers because they don't have the same flexibility in hiring talent and lateral groups and in the promotion of senior associates, industry observers say.

Still, several firms in the single-tier crowd appear to be using the structure to enhance their reputation and culture.

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