DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has drawn up plans to forge a firm-wide system for investment and rewarding partner performance, Legal Week can reveal, as the transatlantic giant moves to implement the second stage of its merger.

Two working parties at the firm have put together a strategy outlining how the integration will take place, with the top 10 giant fast-tracking the launch of three global cash pools to cover investment, cost sharing and bonus payments.