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Herbert Smith & Freehills Prepare For June Merger Vote & October “Freebies” Date

13 May 2012

We can't recall which one exactly, but a few months ago one of our readers used the comments section below a post concerning Australia's second largest firm by revenue to refer to the Firm Spy edit...

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Hail to the King: Firm Spy Unblocked at Mallesons

2 May 2011

Plenty of chatter lately about the recent unblocking of Firm Spy by Mallesons. As we reported two weeks ago, the Powers That Be agreed that the ban was counter-productive and amounted to denyin...

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Land of the Free? Analysis of Lander & Rogers & the Business Case for Mid-Tier Defection

26 May 2011

Last week we broke the news that Freehills had lost its Melbourne Superannuation team to Lander & Rogers as part of the firm's much-maligned (by us) Leading Practices Review. Yesterday the firm...

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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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REDACTED – Firm Spy: Consummate “Communications Professionals” & a Pain in Your Firm’s Butt

30 August 2010

We spent a reasonable chunk of the last 48 hours researching the difference between journalism and communications/public relations.  No, we're not "communications professionals", so a bit of research was necessary. For thoe unitiated, communications/PR staff are employed by many professional services firms primarily to shape public perceptions of their firm in positive ways. Part of this role involves regular interaction with journalists: Comms/PR staff are experts in dealing with journalists. They often provide journalists with an "official" comment from the firm on a particular news item which invariably results in the firm being positively perceived in any subsequent news article. Websites like Lawyers Weekly, ALB and The New Lawyer are industry paragons in this regard. These ...

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PwC Rumour; Staff Forewarned ‘Start Looking for Another Job’

13 October 2009

Following news we reported a couple of weeks ago that PwC is poised to make further job cuts, we received the following interesting tip from an anonymous PwC spy yesterday: PwC is at it again! Fol...

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Ex-Freehills Lawyer Nicole Stransky Settles Harassment, Bullying Dispute

6 April 2010

We reported several weeks ago that former Freehills lawyer Nicole Stranksy was intending to sue her former employer based on claims of age discrimination and continued bullying and harassment. Stra...

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No Thaw in Sight; Mallesons Pay Freeze Set to Stay

20 November 2009

We received the following insight from an anonymous Mallesons spy last night: When the Mallesons pay freeze was introduced it was implemented on the basis that it would be reviewed in December against how the firm was tracking against budget. In recent centre by centre reports on a detailed employee survey (the Vibe) Mallesons undertakes every two years, presenters were at pains to point out that the firm was NOT tracking towards budget, with the hidden implication being that the pay freeze will continue. This is of course news to those lawyers in some sections who are exceeding their budget consistently and are being paid well below people in other firms who get to go home at 6 each night. 6pm?! Who leaves the office at that unreasonably early hour? Certainly not Mallesons lawyers....

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The Denis Brock Crock; Clifford Chance Defector Just Visiting Mallesons Best Friends

5 August 2010

We went looking for some news on Mallesons last night and stumbled onto an interesting piece. A cursory search on Google news revealed no less than three articles featuring a jubilant Mallesons boa...

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SEX then SLEEP!! Clayton Utz Calls For “Hygenic” Lives With Controversial Advice

10 February 2012

It's probably the last thing you would expect out of Clutz, especially with the dust only beginning to settle on ClizzoBridgetz. A roundabout direction to lift the doona, get your gear off, coitall...

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