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Hynes Lawyers Archive

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How Much Do Mallesons Partners Earn? AFR Law Firm Profit Survey

22 September 2009

Thanks to the AFR for the following profile: Partner Remuneration System Lock-step, virtually full equity partnership Partner Pay For 2008/09 Most of its equity partners earned $1,400,00...

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BREAKING NEWS: King & Wood Mallesons Merger Confirmed as Mallesons Braces For Beijing Merger Exodus

15 December 2011

State-based Mallesons managing partners have today conducted briefing sessions to confirm that the Chinese government has assented to the link up between the country's third largest law firm and Au...

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Firm Spy Case Summary: Mitchell v Clayton Utz & Ors (No 2)

12 December 2010

Mitchell v Clayton Utz & Ors (No 2) In January 2010, Magistrate Hennessy of the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal (ADT) considered an application filed by Mr Mitchell to correct orders a...

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Families Broken & Dreams Shattered as PwC Offers Melbourne Grads Cruel Ultimatum

5 July 2011

We reported in February the heartwarming news that Big4 graduate intakes had bounced back after a lacklustre few years on the back of the GFC. In relation to the biggest accounting firm by revenue,...

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Former Lawyer of Tina Arena and Kylie Minogue to be Investigated

26 June 2009

Pop princess Kylie Minogue's former lawyer, Michael Brereton, has been investigated on claims of common law misconduct, as reported in Legal Services Commissioner v Brereton [2008] VCAT 1723. Ha...

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Baking Bread; No Pay Freezes in Sight at Baker & McKenzie

22 April 2009

Whereas top-ties firms Freehills, Allens Arthur Robinson and Minter Ellison have each now enforced a firm-wide pay freeze, it has emerged today that international heavyweight Baker & McKenzie i...

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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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Firm Spy Remuneration Survey – Minter Ellison Lawyer Salaries

6 November 2009

Err... it seems there is ALOT of interest in lawyer remuneration across the firms. The Firm Spy has experienced a major upswing in traffic this week, while our weekly newsletter subscribers have ro...

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Allens Arthur Robinson Cancels Christmas (Party)

14 November 2008

Against the backdrop a worrying global financial climate, the Allens partnership has made a curious firm response: to cancel the Christmas party. Dresses in the closet. Tinsel in the cupboard. ...

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Mallesons Merger Mania; Take a Chance, Take a Chance, Take a Chance on Me!

17 May 2010

On Friday, the AFR published yet another article speculating on an imminent announcement of a merger between Mallesons & Clifford Chance. This follows articles we published in mid and late Octo...

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