Nov
17
The Tony Awards; DLA Phillips Fox Partners Give Gong New Name
Posted by The Spy | Posted in DLA Phillips Fox, Firm Gossip | Posted on 9.08pm
It has been a while since we have heard anything from DLA Phillips Fox and whilst we had hoped something lighthearted might appear in our inbox, this is what we regrettably received from an anonymous DLAPH spy yesterday:
DLA PHillips Fox Performance is performance managing instead of making people redudant to avoid paying packages. I alone know of 2 people who are being targeted by management. One is a lawyer and one is in the business development function. Apparently the firm has decided on a new structure and is trying to managing all of the “extras” out without paying redundancies so that the press doesnt find out how badly they are doing. It is utterly dispicable and people need to know!
DLA Phillips Fox has just announced a new Chief Executive Partner - Tony Holland - coming from DLA Piper in Dubai (about which, we intend to report more soon). If the above rumour is true, it would a regrettable, almost inconceivable way to get the ball rolling.Is Tony Holland going to continue the Firm Spy Partner Award-winning form of his predecessor Tony Crawford?
At the risk of creating confusion with the possibly more famous ceremony honouring achievement in American theatre, perhaps we should just rename the Firm Spy Partner Award - “The Tony Awards”.
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I’m at DLA and this is the first I’ve heard of this approach. What I suspect though is that they need to increase profitability to appeal to DLA Piper. They are therefore becoming more active in managing under-performers. This is an approach that is long overdue.