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Davies Collison Cave Archive

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Weekend Warriors: How Mallesons Juniors Work Harder Than The Others

1 May 2011

[ED: This post was originally published in early December last year, during which time Firm Spy was blocked at Mallesons. Given that the site is now freely accessible by staffers, we wanted to make...

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The “Beast” Who Stole Christmas? AAR’s Ron Fielding & 1-to-1 “Instructions”

6 May 2010

It was a while ago now, but you may recall in late 2008 we reported the alarming news that Allens Arthur Robinson had decided to cancel its Christmas party.At the time, the firm made the following ...

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Mallesons Sydney Treats Partners to Harbour Dinner at One-Hat Restaurant

25 July 2011

Two weeks ago, Mallesons CEP Robert Milliner donned his Gandalf wizard's staff to prophesise that there were "choppy waters ahead", despite the firm posting higher turnover and contemplating a lucr...

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Clifford Chance Takes No Chances on Mallesons as Merger Talks Break Down

9 December 2008

A top-secret merger proposal between Clifford Chance and Mallesons Stephen Jaques, which was unknown to many partners in both firms, has broken down, it has emerged. A new merger proposal, comin...

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BREAKING NEWS: Mallesons-K&W Merger Gets Go-Ahead

3 October 2011

Back in July we posted a rumour that Mallesons was said to be in merger talks with mainland Chinese firm King & Wood  Over the weekend we received a tip suggesting that the merger has now been...

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The $4.5million KPMG Question; Do We Reduce Graduate Numbers & Salary?

27 July 2009

Despite the successful take-up of the Poo Poll 'Temporary Work Arrangements', huge redundancies over two waves, a tenancy reduction and a hiring freeze, KPMG has found it necessary to reduce gradua...

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Facebook Sheds Light on Minter Ellison Partner

15 July 2009

We reported last week the incredible revelation that Minter Ellison partner Simon Alroe had been arrested for allegedly harassing fellow Minter Ellison partner Trent Forno. Alroe appears to have...

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AARpocalypse Now; Michael Robinson Removed From Allens Website

10 March 2011

[This one goes out to the dozens of ex-AAR staffers we wrote about in this post] For the last month, the world has watched with wonderment as the demise of Charlie Sheen has slowly, shockingly unf...

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Ernst & Young & the Restless Staff Query ‘Departures’ amid New Redundancy Rumours

10 June 2009

In a huge week for Big 4 accounting screwups gossip, the Firm Spy can today reveal new rumours of discreet sackings, but this time at Ernst & Young. This from an Ernst & Young spy today:...

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Tony Holland “Ruthless” as DLA Phillips Fox Partnership Shrinks 30% Before Merger

21 March 2011

On 14 April 2010 we published the following allegation from an anonymous DLAPH spy: Tony Holland was enticed from his position as deputy chairman at MSJ in 2008 by DLA Dubai (and ex-MSJ) partners....

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