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Archive for September, 2010

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115 Jobless; Mass Redundancies at DLA Phillips Fox, Deacons & Corrs Chambers Westgarth

12 December 2008

The Firm Spy can confirm today that a gob-smacking 115 staff of been collectively laid off from DLA Phillips Fox, Deacons & Corrs Chambers Westgarth in the last month. Numbers lost. Fearful ...

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The Blake Dawson Wikipedia Scandal

19 March 2009

In the wake of the largest Australian law firm layoff, in which Blake Dawson sacked a total of 89 employees, the firm's Wikipedia page has been defaced. A senior Blake Dawson Firm Spy has reported ...

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Rumour PWC Set For Third Major Restructure in 12 Months

18 November 2009

It sounds like something is definitely on the cards (again!) at PWC. Not satisfied with the cost saving yielded by ditching client Christmas cards and removing chocolate buscuits from the shopping list, an anymous PWC spy has revealed that more heavy-handed cut-backs are apparently looming: PwC to restructure AGAIN! So the rumours are running rampant aroudnd the office that we are once again going to have an internal "review / restructure/redundancy". For some departments that would mean the 3rd in he past 12 months. How is anyone expected to be productive if the moment you start to understand what it is you are meant to do they change it again? And what does that mean for your development? I am so sick and tired of being told they want to develop me when they a) have limited all tr...

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Mallesons Merger Mania; Take a Chance, Take a Chance, Take a Chance on Me!

17 May 2010

On Friday, the AFR published yet another article speculating on an imminent announcement of a merger between Mallesons & Clifford Chance. This follows articles we published in mid and late Octo...

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How Much Do They Earn? Clayton Utz Partner Salaries Revealed

21 December 2010

How will your firm look in 2015? "I'm very certain that we are going to be a very successful and strong firm." (Clayton Utz Chief Executive Partner David Fagan, 25/06/2010) Today marks t...

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Bank Sector Redundancy Explosion: Westpac Bank Prepares to Sack Hundreds of Staff

24 January 2012

Following last week's news that ANZ has fired approximately 130 employees apparently after periodically sacking more workers in the months prior to the announcement, comes news that Westpac looks s...

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Revenue Down But Maddocks Partners Will Earn Less to Save Jobs

1 May 2009

In contrast to international top-tier heavyweight Mallesons, which, in the face of record revenue is still considering chopping spare lawyers, Maddocks partners have today announced that they are i...

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JOB FEARS: 500 BDO Staffers Face Unemployment as BDO VIC/NSW Licence Pulled

12 March 2012

If BDO goes into administration on Monday, there will be a lot of good people unemployed.[Anonymous former BDO partner, AFR 10/3/12] Almost one year to the day that Firm Spy first reported the rum...

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SETTLED: Rumoured Six-Figure Deal Ends ClizzoBridgetz as Manwhore Email Surfaces

28 November 2011

Australia's most rotten legal sex affair - ClizzoBridgetz -  has finally drawn to a close. Last week's settlement will mark an end to a chapter that has staggered even the most veteran legal...

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Fox Tale; Charting Ex-DLA Phillips Fox Lawyer James Gorman’s Rise to the Top

17 September 2009

A regular target for the Firm Spy's opprobrium is the apparently soon to be formally internationally merged national law firm DLA Phillips Fox. But even we must take pause to acknowledge the aw...

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