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Hard Time in Middle Earth; Mallesons Redundancies ‘Closer to 200′

25 September 2009

Following yesterday's post profiling the Mallesons voluntary redundancy program, we received these comments from an anonymous Mallesons spy: ...for a few hours this morning the entire productivity...

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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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Operation Bangkok: Minter Ellison Searches For Missing CFO Craig Raneberg

19 September 2011

The search continues for Minter Ellison's former CFO Craig Raneberg. Alleged to have misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars from the firm's equity partner accounts, Mr Raneberg reportedly...

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Drip Drip Drip; Claims Blake Dawson Lawyers Are Trickling Out the Door

16 July 2009

Blake Dawson boldly claims on its website: We recognise the importance of attracting, developing and retaining the best people in order to provide you with an excellent service. We have been ackno...

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Fresh Claims of Clayton Utz Graduate Redundancies

10 July 2009

It emerged earlier in the week that hard-up Latvians, unable to procure a traditional bank loan, can now pledge their soul as security for a revolutionary loan scheme pioneered by the Kontora Loan ...

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Corrs Introduces ‘Female Talent Pipeline’

31 March 2009

In an interview in today's Australian Financial Review, mid-tier middleweight Corrs Chambers Westgarth announced an affirmative action policy to help women in the workplace designed '[to help] wome...

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Burgess v Corrs Chambers Westgarth: Prepare For Brutal Litigation Trench Warfare

10 June 2011

Last week we exclusively reported that Corrs Chambers Westgarth is embroiled in an ugly spat involving former graduate at the firm, Ms Louise Burgess. Ms Burgess’ application alleges unlawful ...

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Talking the Talk at Henry Davis York; Times are Great!

15 December 2008

GFC? What GFC? Like Clayton Utz and Freehills in recent days, Henry Davis York has come out with comments which are either a calculated effort to allay lawyer employment fears, or a genuine indi...

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BRW Delivers Major Broadside to Departing Minter Ellison Chief Guy Templeton

10 December 2009

Sometimes we worry that we're the only corporate news/gossip medium prepared to have a dig at the chiefs of corporate firms. We therefore heartily welcomed the character assassination directed by the BRW a few weeks ago to ex-Minters chief Guy Templeton: "Traditionally, a non-lawyer at the helm of a law firm has not been considered a success. The most recent experiment with non-lawyer leadership occurred at Minter Ellison, where management consultant Guy Templeton was chief executive for five years before he left earlier this year. "The firm went back to the traditional model appointing one of its partners, John Weber, as chief executive." Ouch! Incidentally, John Weber is presiding over a firm that one staff member recently assessed in the following fashion: Minters must w...

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I Can’t Believe it’s Not: A PwC Pay Freeze

13 May 2009

Whereas other corporate services firms, such as Minters, Freehills and Allens, have been forthright in announcing firm-wide pay-freezes, global accounting giant PwC has quietly gone about implement...

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