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Charm Offensive; Freehills Lures Seasonal Clerks With Booze-Fuelled Parties

13 July 2009

You might have thought that a GFC, a  pay freeze, threats of eliminating casual-clothes Friday, and the creation of a new position to preserve partnership equity points would compel top-tier law f...

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The Triple Jump? A&O Junior Partner Pay Will Lure the Nation’s Best 21

12 July 2010

We reported a few days ago that Allen & Overy had scored a major coup in convincing high profile lawyer David Poddar to take a hop, a step and a jump from Mallesons Stephen Jaques. It emerged l...

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Details Emerge of DLA Phillips Fox Redundancy Package

4 August 2009

In response to our report last week that Mallesons Sorcerer Partner Robert Milliner is apparently thrusting objectionably low voluntary redundancy packages under the noses of anxious staff, we rece...

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Norton Rose Partner Michael Tooma Disharmoniously Defends Current Bullying Laws

4 November 2010

As many of our readers working in employment law are doubtlessly by now aware, the Victorian Government recently announced potential changes to workplace laws that would create tougher penalties fo...

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(No) End in Sight; Clayton Utz Suffers MORE Painful Blows

20 April 2010

Here at the Firm Spy, we tend to take delight in the misfortune of greedy partnerships, especially those who we consider mistreat junior staff when times are tough. During the GFC, for example,...

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Ernst & Young & Out the Door; Juvenile Chief Gerard Dalbosco Cannot Stem Losses

31 May 2010

If you want to hear stories of disillusioned junior staff sticking it to the greedy partnerships that worked their fledgling fingers to the bone during the GFC, come to the Firm Spy. It has been mo...

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A Very Merry Cost Cut; Deloitte’s Giam Angers Vacationers

3 December 2009

Ever the unpopular leader amongst juniors, Deloitte Chief Executive partner Giam Swiergers has apparently reached a new nadir, though this time with vacation clerks. Giam, elected only days ago to continue in his role as head of Deloitte, has apparently made the very first cost-cut of his new term. And it is a very merry cost cut! This from an anonymous Deloitte spy yesterday: Hi FS,  Just some news in regarding the vacationers at Deloitte. Apparently Deloitte is too cash strapped (or stingy) to invite them to the Christmas party. Good thing the vaccies are learning this lesson now, because when they start with the firm Uncle Giam will be too stingy to give them payrises, bonuses and many other benefits too. Stingy? Or cash strapped from the half million dollar partner...

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Freedom Shackled; Freehills Partner Tempers Earlier Encouraging Firm Comments

29 December 2008

In what might be construed as an effort to assuage the earlier message that the firm is 'in good stead', Freehills managing partner Gavin Bell has made some comments which will likely dampen the fe...

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Clayton Utz Announces Pay Freeze, Ducks for Cover

14 May 2009

Clayton Utz chief executive partner Stuart Clark commented in yesterday's Financial Review that his firm had "not made a final decision yet" about legal salaries. He then stole the microphone from ...

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Claytons Redundancies; The Redundancies You Have When There’s No Redundancies

11 August 2009

AFR legal affairs editor Alex Boxsell and deputy legal affairs editor Rachel Nickless, both excellent journalists, reported the following on 31/7: Clayton Utz and Freehills are now in an exclusive...

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