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Lander & Rogers Archive

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Bank Sector Redundancy Explosion: Westpac Bank Prepares to Sack Hundreds of Staff

24 January 2012

Following last week's news that ANZ has fired approximately 130 employees apparently after periodically sacking more workers in the months prior to the announcement, comes news that Westpac looks s...

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EXCLUSIVE: Blake Dawson Loses 3 Partners + Marketing Team in “AssHurts” Exodus

5 December 2011

Since the Blake Dawson link up with Ashurst was formally revealed in late September, there have been some interesting developments. In September, Legal Week reported that it had spoken to an Ashurs...

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“Lock Up Your Daughters”: UniMelb Comm/Law Grad Neil Cannon Is On The Loose

17 October 2011

Back towards the start of the year, Citibank welcomed a slew of graduates into the investment banking fold, primed for grueling hours and grunt work. Except for Neil Cannon, who, according to an em...

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Too Deep, Too Late; Mallesons ‘Fellowship’ Rue Mass Redundancies

24 September 2009

You'll recall the announcement on July 30 that Mallesons was calling on employees to volunteer for redundancies. That announcement was accompanied by a categorical statement from Chief Executive Wa...

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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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The “Look & Feel” of Blake Dawson – Wikipedia Page Hijacked AGAIN

21 April 2010

You'll recall that in the wake of firm-wide redundancies in March 2009, in which the firm laid off 89 staff, the Blake Dawson Wikipedia page was hijacked. The following comments briefly appeared on...

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PwC Admits Offering Graduates Cash to Defer

29 July 2009

It is always nice to hear when a rumour that we exclusively report is subsequently confirmed by the firm in question. And so, it is with a sense of pride that we can today report confirmation of a ...

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Updated LEAKED CEP EMAIL: Minter Ellison Loses WA Partnership to US Firm Squire Sanders

6 August 2011

The Acquirer When we heard the name "Squire Sanders" - the firm that negotiated the defection of almost the entirety of Minter Ellison's WA partnership - the first thing we thought about was finge...

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Operation Partner Profit? Dissecting The “Natural” Attrition of Critically Ill Clayton Utz

6 July 2010

In our eyes, the AFR's Hannah Low hit a personal high last Friday when she clinically disemboweled sick law firm Clayton Utz. For those who missed it, Low - a very highly regarded legal surgeon jou...

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KPMG Rumour: Up to 300 More Redundancies?

18 June 2009

As KPMG staff head to the Poo Polls in the next few days, the latest rumour floating about the office is apparently that, if partners are unable to implement the planned leave of absence/4-day week...

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