Corporate attorneys in New York City advise on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, private equity deals, and corporate governance matters for the world's largest companies, investment banks, and private equity firms. NYC's Wall Street law firms set the global standard for corporate legal pay through the widely-followed Cravath scale.
New York's BigLaw firms — including Cravath, Sullivan & Cromwell, Skadden Arps, Weil Gotshal, and Kirkland & Ellis — pay associates on a lockstep salary scale that was $225,000 for first-years as of 2022 and has been increasing. The Cravath scale functions as a market-wide benchmark that virtually all large NYC firms follow. Partnership track is 8–10 years and involves up-or-out evaluation, with equity partners earning millions annually.
Corporate Attorney at AED2,528,000 (single filer): Take-home is approximately AED97,231 per bi-weekly paycheck, or ~AED2,528,000 per year after all taxes. No income tax in Dubai!
| Career Stage | Annual Salary (AED) | Approx. Net/Year |
|---|---|---|
| First-Year Associate | AED2,917,000 | ~AED2,917,000 |
| Mid-Level Associate (3–6 yrs) | AED3,954,000 | ~AED3,954,000 |
| Senior Associate (7–9 yrs) | AED5,056,000 | ~AED5,056,000 |
| Partner | AED10,597,000 | ~AED10,597,000 |
| Tax / Deduction | Per Bi-Weekly Check | Annual Amount | % of Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Income Tax | AED 0 ✓ | AED 0 ✓ | 0% |
| vs NYC Comparison | You keep $298,389 USD MORE/yr vs NYC | — | |
| Net Take-Home (Dubai has no income tax) | AED97,231 | ~AED2,528,000 | 100.0% |
At AED2,528,000, your effective total tax rate is approximately 0.0%. Dubai levies no personal income tax — you keep your entire salary.
vs NYC: At $682,560 USD, an NYC worker takes home ~$384,171 after taxes. In Dubai, you keep the full $682,560 — that is $298,389 more per year.
Major employers in Dubai for corporate attorneys include Emirates Airlines, DAMAC Properties, Dubai Holding, Abu Dhabi National Energy, ENBD.
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