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Archive for December, 2009

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Firm Spy PR Award; Sharon Bell Answers PwC PR SOS

27 August 2009

The Firm Spy has been understandably scathing of PwC's response to the GFC. We thought two waves of redundancies, a veiled pay reduction, and rumours causing general employee angst warranted our co...

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Focus: Blake Dawson Emerges as Major International Merger Target

8 June 2011

We continue to hear noise that Blake Dawson is on the phone to firms abroad. As we've already reported, rumours abound that Blake Dawson has been talking to London firm Herbert Smith about the pros...

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EXCLUSIVE: Firm Spy One-on-One Interview With Retiring Mallesons Chief Executive Partner Robert Milliner

4 November 2011

Since our inception many moons ago we have tended, rightly or wrongly, to single out the figureheads, or Chief Executive Partners, of the various firms about which we write.  The Spy takes the vie...

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Baking Bread; No Pay Freezes in Sight at Baker & McKenzie

22 April 2009

Whereas top-ties firms Freehills, Allens Arthur Robinson and Minter Ellison have each now enforced a firm-wide pay freeze, it has emerged today that international heavyweight Baker & McKenzie i...

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The Reject Shop: Blake Dawson Gives Seasonals a Chance, Then Rejects Them

16 September 2011

With the waistline of major Australian law firms contracting as changes in leverage become more entrenched, conditions are deteriorating for law students across the country. It is not a good time t...

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Hiring or Firing? Allens Advertises Positions While Redundancy Rumours Circle

6 October 2009

We received this curious offering from an anonymous tipster on the weekend: I wonder if you should ask AAR why in this time of redundancies they are still advertising speculative positions on roll...

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PWC Staff ‘Twiddle Thumbs’ As Partners Attend Boozy Spring Carnival

5 November 2009

Hilarious anonymous tip from a PWC spy earlier today: So, I have been at PwC for a few years now... Melbourne Cup came around and my Big 4 friends told me of all the great parties their firms ar...

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The Middle Fingernail; Minters Grad Alisha Prpich Posts Win as Lawyers Dream of Sleep

28 May 2010

Thanks to the anonymous Minter Ellison spy who sent us the following humourous comments yesterday: The maintenance, non-fee earning staff at Minter Ellison (probably much like all Aussie law firms...

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Possum Poo; Mallesons, AAR, Blakes & CGW Scoop Dodgey Corporate Awards

21 May 2010

Other than the coveted suite of Firm Spy awards, including the Down Low Medal, Partner of the Year and Firm of the Year, the various prizes and trophies awarded to corporate Australian firms are a ...

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Minter Ellison Re-elects Nigel McBride as Adelaide Chief Executive Partner

24 June 2009

It has been reported that Minter Ellison's Adelaide Chief Executive Partner, Nigel McBride, was unanimously re-appointed to continue in his role. The firm commented that the appointment: is hoped ...

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