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UPDATE: Mallesons Rehires Redundant Secretary as Melbourne Environment Group Withers

18 March 2011

Last year, Mallesons headcount underwent a major contraction following its redundancy scheme. According to BRW, in FY 2009/2010, Mallesons booted a total of 13.1% of its workforce, moving employee ...

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REDACTED – Firm Spy: Consummate “Communications Professionals” & a Pain in Your Firm’s Butt

30 August 2010

We spent a reasonable chunk of the last 48 hours researching the difference between journalism and communications/public relations.  No, we're not "communications professionals", so a bit of research was necessary. For thoe unitiated, communications/PR staff are employed by many professional services firms primarily to shape public perceptions of their firm in positive ways. Part of this role involves regular interaction with journalists: Comms/PR staff are experts in dealing with journalists. They often provide journalists with an "official" comment from the firm on a particular news item which invariably results in the firm being positively perceived in any subsequent news article. Websites like Lawyers Weekly, ALB and The New Lawyer are industry paragons in this regard. These ...

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BDO Gossip Roundup: Mergers, Secret Side Deals and Private Investigators

11 October 2011

[Update 17/10 - we've turned this post into a feature because, well, we thought everyone should get a chance to read "partners abusing the living daylights out of each other" in the comments.] T...

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“Emotional Interaction”; Freehills’ Mark Rigotti Introduces Psycho Empty Chair Technique

12 February 2011

Our English-based pals at Roll on Friday delivered an excellent scoop a few days ago regarding the implementation of a new initiative at Freehills: Freehills has taken mad management group-think t...

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MAJOR KPMG Update: “A Galaxy of Multi-Coloured Uppers, Downers, Screamers & Laughers”

29 June 2011

It has been over three months since we've written about KPMG. Three long months, with nothing. In that time, there have been miracles, delusions, disappearances and detentions. But before we delve ...

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Lowering the Bar; Clayton Utz Makes Junior “Senior” Associate

27 April 2010

In the wake of the defection of 14 Clayton Utz partners to A&O earlier this year, we reported that a group of Clayton Utz lawyers met confidentially to discuss the demands they would place on t...

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No Deal! Andrew O’Keefe Snubs Articled Clerk Admissions

22 April 2009

With doubts lingering as to whether game-show host Andrew O'Keefe would move the lawyer admissions of a group of Allens Arthur Robinson articled clerks, the Firm Spy can today reveal that, at the b...

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Ex-Freehills Lawyer Nicole Stransky Settles Harassment, Bullying Dispute

6 April 2010

We reported several weeks ago that former Freehills lawyer Nicole Stranksy was intending to sue her former employer based on claims of age discrimination and continued bullying and harassment. Stra...

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Grant Thornton “Death Star” Lost In Space After Triple Merger Fail

25 August 2011

If at first you don't succeed, try try again.  That, at least, seems to be the motto at Grant Thornton, known affectionately to its staff as the "Death Star".  According to our tipster, the firm ...

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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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