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Macgillivrays Lawyers Archive

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AAR Partner Paul Quinn, Performance-Based Salary & The Lack of “Champions”

15 January 2010

AAR partner Paul Quinn uttered in his Business Spectator column earlier this week that junior lawyers should be remunerated based on performance. As reported by our friends at ALB: associate salaries have remained on a lockstep structure ... and "none of the arguments, in my view, present a compelling case to rule out performance based remuneration for lawyers ...  a strong and transparent performance culture is a good thing". We can think of a good reason Paul; for example when your firm does not have a "transparent performance culture" and young lawyers do not possess a "champion". Late last year an anonymous AAR spy wrote us the following ...Allens Arthur Robinson’smanagement are aware that legal salaries across all levels are below market rate (although this has not been ac...

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Shame File; PwC Spring Carnival Racing Rumoured Antics Exposed

3 November 2010

By the bus-load, high-ranking corporate-types from across the nation are this week descending on Melbourne's Flemington Race Course to indulge in high-fashion, booze-fuelled parties ... as lowly ju...

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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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AAR Situation Room at Code Red as Investigations Continue into Alleged Conflicts

13 May 2011

Since we last wrote about AllensGate, we've had earthquakes, meltdowns, and the world's most wanted man has been discovered, shot and killed.  A covert outfit apparently named Rainbow SEAL Team 6 ...

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King & Wood Mallesons: The Shape of Things to Come?

28 November 2011

As has been widely reported, Mallesons partners voted last Wednesday to approve the merger with Chinese firm King & Wood.  Not that we thought they'd do otherwise, despite our controversia...

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Conducting the Symphony of Destruction; Mallesons Hits Low Note With Graduates

16 July 2010

For those who missed the show in last week's BRW, Mallesons Chief Executive Partner Robert Milliner featured in an article entitled Like Conducting an Orchestra. In that article, Milliner likened h...

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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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AAR’s Susan Ferrier & the ‘Critically Low’ AAR Lawyer Morale

4 February 2010

Last week we published a story in which we quoted AAR spokesperson Susan Ferrier as saying that there would not be an "exodus" of lawyer in 2010 because there are few job opportunities available. In response to that post, we received the following embittered comments from an anonymous AAR spy: Susan Ferrier has no idea. Lawyer morale at Allens is at a critical low, people will flood to Freehills who are keenly making the most of this opportunity already. Freehills has positioned itself as the least tight of the top tiers of late. You can’t expect to institute the pay freeze first, be the last to unfreeze, make everyone take annual leave over the christmas break with only half a day on Christmas Eve as bonus leave (Mallesons aren’t even this tight), reveal potential dramatic remu...

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Operation Bangkok: Minter Ellison Searches For Missing CFO Craig Raneberg

19 September 2011

The search continues for Minter Ellison's former CFO Craig Raneberg. Alleged to have misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars from the firm's equity partner accounts, Mr Raneberg reportedly...

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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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