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Partnership Salaries Archive

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Clayton Utz Clutzes Walk into Revolving Door at New “Suicide Proof” Sydney Eco-Office

24 August 2011

Clutz was big on the eco-branding when it invited legal media and key clients to a soiree celebrating the christening of its new Sydney offices at 1 Bligh Street.  As you may recall from a Rear Wi...

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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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‘Hostile Approach to Technology’; Minter Ellison Lawyer Fury

25 November 2009

We found the following comments penned by an anonymous Minter Ellison spy in the Lawyer Remuneration Survey to be so comical that we decided to dedicate an entire post to it. A tirade of the very h...

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Wearing the KPMG Wire; Partnership Pay Talk Caught on Tape as Audit Loses Bonus AGAIN

8 July 2010

If it is true that we have "turned the corner" on the GFC, and firms now forecast significant growth over the next financial year, the case for junior employees to receive decent pay rises this yea...

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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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Clayton Utz Sydney Femmes Test Workplace Clothing Limits With FireHosiery

15 September 2011

On the topic of women in the legal workplace, the men and women of FS are throwing their weight behind the new and exciting hosiery we're seeing females (and daring males) wear around the office. ...

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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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If You Fuz You Lose; Masterminding The Clayton Utz/A&O Partnership Defections

16 February 2010

We understand that you're probably sick of reading about it - we're certainly sick of writing about it - so unless something explosive happens, we'll make this our final post about the Clayton Utz partnership defections to Allen & Overy. This post clarifies further the Clayton Utz machinations giving rise to the defections. We have extracted some excellent info from the AFR 12/2, shedding light on how former Clutz Banking & Finance head partner Grant Fuzi was the protagonist in the Clutz partnership defections: It is Mr Fuzi's history with Clayton Utz, and his long-time association with Mr Trahair, a fellow Australian, that was instrumental in facilitating A&O's bold and sudden arrival here. As one partner said about Mr Fuzi this week: "The mistake we made was taking hi...

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Pants Down! Freehills Lawyer Photographed By Perverted Cleaner

4 March 2010

We were dismayed to find out this morning that a rumour, heard several months ago by a Firm Spy team member but later dismissed because it appeared too farcical, is in fact legitimate. Yes, a perverted former Freehills cleaner with voyeuristic urges took it upon himself one evening late last year, on his nightly dunny-scrub, to photograph an unsuspecting Freehills lawyer perched atop the throne! Oh behave! As reported by The Age: A FORMER cleaner who aimed a camera at a woman in the toilets at Melbourne law firm Freehills faces a possible jail sentence. Rodrigo Garcia, 27, entered a cubicle in the Collins Street building after placing a cleaning sign outside the male toilets. Leading Senior Constable Stuart Hastings yesterday told Melbourne Magistrates Court that about...

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Minters Owed $100k in Fees by Melbourne Storm

15 November 2010

It looks like a fees storm is brewing between NRL player Greg Inglis and Minter Ellison, over the $100,000-plus bill racked up after the firm was reportedly engaged to defend his assault charges. ...

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