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Dibbs Barker Archive

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A Submission to the Mallesons Partnership Patriots: Vote “No” to the King & Wood Merger

18 November 2011

If today's AFR Hearsay is correct, Mallesons partners will on Wednesday 23 November 2011 line up to vote on the merger with Chinese firm King & Wood. For what its worth, and for the partriot...

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Friday Night Sympathy Post: Still Stuck at Work?

7 October 2011

It looks like the weekend can't come soon enough for some.  We received this tip recently (time-delayed to preserve anonymity) from a disappointed Blake Dawson spy.  Seems like hard work doesn't ...

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Losing its Religion; Clayton Utz Crucified By More Partnership Defections

16 March 2010

By our count, the following things have happened at besieged national law firm Clayton Utz in 2010: 14 very profitable, well respected partners defected from the firm to build two Australian offices of Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy; the firm sacked over 30% of its Melbourne graduates; a former employee has been given leave to pursue further claims against the firm for alleged sexual harassment and bullying; the firm was stripped of its credentials as an employer of choice for women by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency; and a librarian has created considerable controversy by hording an inordinate amount of firm fruit. Holy moly! We are particularly upset at the sacking of the graduates. This is frankly a disgrace and all partners concerned shoul...

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Save the Date – 1 July 2011; DLA Piper & DLA Phillips Fox Prepare for Merger Vote

1 December 2010

It is not quite 1000 wikileaked US cables, but the intelligence that has been sent to Firm Spy over the last week regarding the looming merger of DLA Phillips Fox and DLA Piper is compelling and ap...

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Shame File; PwC Spring Carnival Racing Rumoured Antics Exposed

3 November 2010

By the bus-load, high-ranking corporate-types from across the nation are this week descending on Melbourne's Flemington Race Course to indulge in high-fashion, booze-fuelled parties ... as lowly ju...

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Firm Spy Exclusive: Baker & McKenzie Pay Freeze

1 July 2009

It's that time of year again: partners are in a tizz about billing targets, secretaries are getting antsy over unbilled time and lawyers are generally working too hard.  Given the EOFY party seaso...

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UPDATE #2: Where Are They Now? TV Lawyer Hopefuls Get Back To Reality

22 August 2011

[UPDATE 8:00pm Tuesday 23/8 - ED: following on from some of the comments, we decided to update this article and make it a feature. We did a bit more digging on a certain lawyer of Big Brother fame ...

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Minters Owed $100k in Fees by Melbourne Storm

15 November 2010

It looks like a fees storm is brewing between NRL player Greg Inglis and Minter Ellison, over the $100,000-plus bill racked up after the firm was reportedly engaged to defend his assault charges. ...

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MAJOR UPDATES – EXCLUSIVE: KPMG Announces Major Voluntary Redundancy & Part-Paid Leave Scheme

24 October 2011

[UPDATE, 26/10/2011, various sections of this post have been updated following the emergence of new information overnight] Less than two weeks after the resignation of its China Practice leader,...

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BDO Dirty Laundry Aired in Leaked Emails, CEO & Others Busted Telling Pork Pies

10 August 2011

Like many in the Australian financial community, we were surprised to read Monday's announcement that embattled mid-tier accounting firm BDO posted the highest revenue growth of all mid-market acco...

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