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Rumour; PwC Managers Paid $17k Less in 2010 Than in 2008 as Morale Bottoms Out

13 July 2010

In an article aptly entitled Accountants feel duped on pay rises, the AFR (25/6) walked readers through the poor salary sentiment pervanding Big4 accounting firms: A survey has found that 35 per c...

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History Repeats: Mallesons Spin-Doctor Tightwad CEP Robert Milliner Talks Down Economy in Pay Season

11 July 2011

As sure as night follows day, you can be certain that if it is time to talk pay-rises, Mallesons CEP (and notorious tightwad) Robert Milliner will draw breath from chop more lawyers merger talks fo...

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Lowering the Bar; Clayton Utz Makes Junior “Senior” Associate

27 April 2010

In the wake of the defection of 14 Clayton Utz partners to A&O earlier this year, we reported that a group of Clayton Utz lawyers met confidentially to discuss the demands they would place on t...

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How Much Do They Earn? Freehills Partner Salaries Exposed

9 December 2010

Over the last few months, the PR teams at a couple of major law firms have taken to emailing Firm Spy with various propaganda media releases ostensibly aimed at generating positive media sentiments...

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Ashurst Merger Approved, Blake Dawson To Rebrand In March 2012

26 September 2011

It's official. Well, sort of. The union between Ashurst and Blake Dawson was finalised on Friday, 23 September, when both partnerships voted on the tie-up. The partial merger will see both firms co...

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Macquarie ‘Millionaires Factory’ Makes Scores of Graduates Redundant

18 August 2009

The Firm Spy is working hard to improve the quality and the quantity of its Investment Bank gossip. To this end, we welcomed the following anonymous tip received on the weekend: Macquarie Capi...

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AAR Coffee-Cart Service Axed as Staff Offered Branded Coffee Cups

2 December 2009

The Firm Spy takes some credit from the recent revelation that AAR will this year be indulging staff with a Christmas Party! We counted no less than 5 articles (including the very popular Firm Spy Downlow Medal post) in which the Firm Spy has lambasted the firm for the irresponsible decision to shelve last year's festivities, only for staff to see partners pocket up to a reported $1,400,000 last year. An excellent article from our friends at Lawyers Weekly noted that AAR's party plans: ... are shrouded in a cloak of mystery, a spokesperson saying only that "there are a number of themes that have been dreamt up in smoky backrooms, some of which apparently are yet to be revealed". The spokesperson did, however, confirm that an '80's theme was on the cards for one office. However, it...

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Trade Mark FAIL! KingsWood Mallesons’ “The Power of The Scorpion” Advertising Campaign

20 February 2012

In case you missed Friday's AFR, the promotional material we've been expecting to attend Mallesons' merger with King & Wood (we prefer "KingsWood" - also the name of Holden's first full size ca...

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Clear Forthright Open & “Shonky”; Mallesons Slams Firm Spy Analysis

25 May 2010

In response to last Friday's post regarding dodgey corporate awards, we received the following comments: So..... What does IFLR say about this? Have Blake Dawson and Mallesons written in to clarif...

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Clutzy Love-Fest; “Trench” Loses Against A&O Mastermind Defector Grant Fuzi

4 May 2010

The "Trench" v Clayton Utz sexual harassment/bullying/victimisation saga shows no sign of ending. However, it has now reached the offices of A&O matermind defector Grant Fuzi, who is simultaneo...

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