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Marque Lawyers Archive

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No Deloitte Redundancies as Pay Freeze is Announced

14 May 2009

Unlike KPMG, Ernst & Young and PwC, which have made hundreds of workers redundant, Deloitte has so far managed to avoid any major sackings. Whether this is a result of charity from Deloitte man...

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Corporate Wizardry; Mallesons Announces Voluntary Redundancy Scheme

30 July 2009

Mallesons Stephen Jaques is reported to have yesterday announced a voluntary redundancy scheme open to all employees. The firm apparently hopes to shed an incredible 5% of staff with the scheme. ...

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ClizzoBridgetz: Latest Developments in Australia’s Most Rotten Legal Sex Affair

6 July 2011

"Scorned lover". "Whispering campaign". "Locker room banter". "Spading other girls". "Looking for his next victim". "Being such a slut". "Taking advantage of her". "A raving idiot". "She felt haras...

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Minter Ellison ‘Remember Me’ Shame Morphs into Firm-Wide PR Disaster

29 May 2009

Two days ago the Firm Spy commented on the sick timing of Minter Ellison's decision to publicise its alumni network 'Remember Me'. Of all the times in history in which P&D Coordinator Kerrie Bo...

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Slater & Gordon Acquisition of Keddies Faces Due Diligence Hurdle

26 October 2010

After a period of acquiring many regional-based personal injury practices, Slater & Gordon has today signalled its intention to make its biggest, and in our view most risky, acquisition. In ...

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The Delusional Duo: Details Emerge on Defection Trendsetter Clayton Utz

3 May 2011

We had a laugh last week when we saw Clayton Utz CEP Darryl McDonough's delusional comments that his firm was "bucking a bit of a trend" in relation to the defection of its partners to smaller firm...

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Utzed and AbUtzed; 30% of Clayton Utz 2009 Melbourne Grads Kicked Out The Door

4 March 2010

With a heap of fanfare, Clayton Utz announced on Monday that 6 new partners had been appointed to the firm. The firm said that the appointments reflected the emergency situation where several lawyers were rumoured to be readying themselves to give the partnership an ultimatum "calibre and depth of talent at the firm". You'll recall we reported a rumour that 6 partnership promotions were set to be announced one week prior to the official announcement. In that post, we mentioned that the Clayton Utz equity pool might shrink on the back of the promotions and in light of the fact that the firm will soon be opening an office in Hong Kong and had also resolved to lift the pay freeze. But something didn't add up. Yes it was a dire situation, but how could Australia's greatest corporate t...

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Clear Forthright Open & “Shonky”; Mallesons Slams Firm Spy Analysis

25 May 2010

In response to last Friday's post regarding dodgey corporate awards, we received the following comments: So..... What does IFLR say about this? Have Blake Dawson and Mallesons written in to clarif...

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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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’20% Over Budget’; Blake Dawson Partners Laugh All The Way To The Bank

8 December 2009

When does the point come when partners can feel convinced that the economic uptick is not just a "false economic dawn"? Where is the juncture that partners agree that the GFC is over and decide to ...

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