It seems the combination of fumbled redundancies, rumoured pay reductions to juniors and general bad publicity has caused a deep rot to develop at DLA Phillips Fox. So much is this the case, it has been reported that DLAPF has trotted off to its international affiliate DLA Piper seeking a formal merger.

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As reported in the AFR (21/08):

DLA Phillips Fox might cease to exist by as early as next year as a source with the firm says partners are keen on a full merger with global firm DLA Piper… A DLA Phillips Fox spokeswoman said partners at both the DLA Phillips Fox and the global firm would vote on full integration by early next year.

There is no indication of whether the firm would continue as a partnership business model or, like the proposed Deacons/Norton Rose merger, seek to incorporate. Other than unfortunate publicity, it is unclear what DLA Piper stands to gain from the deal.

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