Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Sullivan & Cromwell have matched the bonus rate set by Cravath Swaine & Moore earlier this week.

Fried Frank and Sullivans will pay between $17,500 (£10,100) and $25,000 (£14,740), although it is believed that a number of Sullivans senior associates could get as much as $27,500 (£15,770).