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Lactose Tolerant: Breastfeeding Gong Affirms Clayton Utz’s Commitment to Women

9 September 2011

Beleaguered by the repeated allegations that it is a "hostile place for women to work", not to mention having been striken from the EOWA register as an Employer of Choice for Women, Clayton Utz is ...

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Survey Gives PwC International Acclaim as an Employer

29 October 2009

You're not alone if you find yourself querying how the hell PWC managed to come second, trailing only Google, in a study released yesterday by an outfit named "Universum" profiling the most attractive employers to students. Yes, PWC came second! The same firm that is rumoured to have: earlier this week ditched office Tim-Tams; forewarned staff 'start looking for a new job'; has made at least two, and possibly three waves of redundancies in the last year; gave no quarter to very generous staff; and apparently threatened staff with the Tree Sword of Damocles. So who conducted this study and who did they ask? Well, Universum states on its website that: Universum is the global leader in employer branding...We offer services and products that help employers attract, re...

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Bunk Bed “Male Bonding”; KPMG Delivers Cruel Cost Cut to Agonised Auditors

15 June 2010

In late November last year we reported the rumour that PwC partners were facing a raft of draconian cost-cuts (in addition to those being levied against staff) in relation to the 2009 Partnership c...

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How Much Do Clayton Utz Partners Earn? AFR Law Firm Profit Survey

22 September 2009

Thanks to the AFR for the following profile: Partner Remuneration System Lock-step model. Partner Pay 2008/09 The best equity partners pulled in between $1,400,000.00 and $1,600,000.00, with ...

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The Minter Ellison Portrait of Ministerial Brown-Nosing

20 August 2009

Probably the clearest validation of the economic prophesies of Mallesons Prognosticator Partner Robert Milliner emerged earlier this week from national competitor Minter Ellison. But before we i...

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Minter Ellison Partner Supports Homeless Papua New Guinean Teenager

14 August 2009

Minter Ellison partner Scott Reid is a busy bee. In between being a respected partner in his firm's litigation group, Reid finds time to head the Australian Football League's mission to spread foot...

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Fuz Ruse; Clayton Utz Alleges Fiduciary Breaches By A&O Defector Grant Fuzi

19 April 2010

It has been a couple of months since the Legal Affairs team at the AFR have had a decent scoop, so we took our collective hats off on Friday at the massive revelation that Clayton Utz is pursuing m...

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Minter Ellison Redundancies; Top-Tier Law Firms Succumb to GFC

4 April 2009

The Firm Spy has previously reported law firm sackings, lay-offs and redundancies at many mid-tier Australian firms.  Then, as the GFC continued to spread, we reported on the incredible job loss...

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ANALYSIS: Herbert Smith Freehills Merger To Overcome “Panic” & “Loss-Making” Operations

27 January 2012

Since our recent article profiling the looming merger between Freehills and Silver Circle firm Herbert Smith, more details have come to light. We spent some time re-reading emails in our inbox and ...

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Firm Spy PR Award; Sharon Bell Answers PwC PR SOS

27 August 2009

The Firm Spy has been understandably scathing of PwC's response to the GFC. We thought two waves of redundancies, a veiled pay reduction, and rumours causing general employee angst warranted our co...

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