It started with a leaked email to the Australian Financial Review in which Mallesons partners were revealed to be

Pants worn by several Mallesons partners to protest conference cutbacks

But this time the document has landed on the desk of the Firm Spy!

A communique was sent to all Mallesons partners earlier this week entitled:

Partners Conference 2009: Embracing a Changing World

The document is the programme for the Mallesons partnership conference this weekend and contains in the fine print some evidence that Mallesons, the Australian top-tier heavyweight, is struggling financially. Under an item entitled ‘Charges’, the following is stipulated in something akin to a contractual arrangement:

The firm will cover the following charges: standard single room for Friday; standard single room rate for Saturday [subject to an election] to join the optional Saturday dinner; reasonable telephone charges; all organised meals and beverages (excluding alcoholic spirits).

All other charges incurred by you must be settled with the hotel before departure.

Amusingly, it is evident that event organisers anticipated that Mallesons partners reading the communique and its associated efforts to strictly limit costs might look for a loophole through which they could avoid paying additional costs (by placing them on the corporate credit card).

Please note a personal credit card will be required for all hotel expenses not covered by the conference.

Do you believe Mallesons partners will sit through the optional Saturday night dinner to score an extra night’s accomodation? Do you think the firm should pay for spirits, or just beer, wine and champagne? Do you think these cutbacks are a sign this iconic Australian law firm is struggling?

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