The 3 Best Partner Compensation Formulas

Two hands honing a large knife4 common carve-outs, 9 challenges and 10 complications of ALL compensation systems.

By Marc Rosenberg
Partner Comp: Art & Science

Compensation formulas are the most common system for allocating partner income.

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Now let’s look at some of the better formula systems we’ve seen: