O’Melveny & Myers has offered retirement packages to partners aged 50 and over, writes The Recorder, in a move likely to be interpreted as a bid to drive up profitability.

The Los Angeles-based firm confirmed this week that it had offered early retirement deals to partners aged 50 and over in a memo sent earlier this year. O’Melveny partners with sufficient service typically qualify for full retirement benefits at 65 and partial benefits at 55.