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Archive for August, 2010

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Clayton Utz Confident; Clutz to Thrive as Competitors Stumble

14 December 2008

Like the Freehills partnership, comments from Clutz Chief Executive David Fagan suggest that Clayton Utz views the GFC as posing no major threat to the firm, its workflows or future staff employmen...

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Tin-Rattler; Corrs Chambers Westgarth Pay Freeze

26 May 2009

In a Firm Spy exclusive, we can reveal that Corrs Chambers Westgarth is rumoured to have implemented a firm-wide pay freeze yesterday. We received the following anonymous tip last night: Follow...

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REVERSE REDUNDANCIES: Mallesons Goonies Launch Controversial Indian LPO Scheme

27 October 2011

The enveloping sh*t-fight to forge a career as a sucessful Australian lawyer became even harder overnight with the revelation that Australia's most profitable top-tier firm - Mallesons Steph...

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Mallesons Facebook Competition DISLIKE; Social Media Foray DISLIKE; Graduate Recruitment DISLIKE

27 May 2011

A big congratulations to the Mallesons PR team for embracing social media in its graduate recruitment drive. The firm is really getting with the times: we can just see baby boomer partners all over...

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AAR’s Michael Rose Talks Down Money Focus… As Revenue Reportedly Soars

1 October 2010

We couldn't help but seize upon the following comments from Allens Arthur Robinson Chief Executive Partner Michael Rose in a recent SMH article (which we regard as yet another self-congratulatory i...

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Dollar Bills, Are You For Sha-Ria(L)? Aussie Firms Flock to Islamic Finance

3 June 2010

NB - FIRM SPY IS NON-DENOMINATIONAL Last week our friends at Lawyers Weekly published an interesting article entitled Islamic finance:the next big thing?. In the opening grab, author Claire Chaf...

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KPMG Stooges Law Grads on College of Law as CA vs CPA Debate Rages

21 September 2011

While we're commiserating the career hurdles confronting newly graduated law students, spare a thought for the more enterprising Comm/Law grads vying for a seat at a Big 4 accounting firm - they do...

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Burning Down “What You Would Like to Grow”; A Fire Inside KPMG & a Fire Outside PwC

15 September 2010

It has been far too long since we've delivered any goss for our loyal Big4 accounting spies. So without further ado, we would like to thank the anonymous KMPG spy who sent us the following comme...

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EXCLUSIVE: Blake Dawson Loses 3 Partners + Marketing Team in “AssHurts” Exodus

5 December 2011

Since the Blake Dawson link up with Ashurst was formally revealed in late September, there have been some interesting developments. In September, Legal Week reported that it had spoken to an Ashurs...

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“Pipe Alignment”; DLA Phillips Fox Senior Associates Flee as Merger Looms

12 October 2010

On Friday we published an article profiling the changing face of national firm DLA Phillips Fox as it tries to "align" with its merger target DLA Piper. We noted how a tireless non fee-earner of...

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