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McCullough Robertson Archive

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How Much Do Freehills Partners Earn – AFR Law Firm Profit Survey

22 September 2009

Thanks to AFR for the following profile: Partner Remuneration Survey Performance-based, full equity partnership. Partner Pay 2008/09 The top partners are said to draw $1,900,000.00 after bonu...

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Freehills Cutbacks an Effort to Reduce Carbon Emissions, Not Save Partner Dollars

4 August 2009

A few weeks ago, the sleepy New South Welsh hamlet of Bunadoon voted to ban bottled water. Local businessman and Bundy on Tap organiser Huw Kingston said almost 400 people turned up to the Bundano...

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Merger Makeover; Heads Start Rolling in DLAPH’s “Alignment” with DLA Piper

8 October 2010

The team at the Firm Spy have watched with anticipation as DLA Phillips Fox and DLA Piper walk hand in hand down the aisle toward a happy marriage. You'll recall in early September we published a r...

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2011 Salary Survey Results Part 4: 3+ PQE and Senior Associates

3 November 2011

It's been a long time coming, but there we are: Part 4 of our 2011 Salary Survey.  As you'll recall, we posted parts 1, 2 and 3 in recent months: Part 1: top-tier graduates Part 2: 1-2 year ...

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Mo’ Problems; Placing The Spotlight On The Mallesons Non-Partner Headcount Reduction

17 August 2010

A few weeks ago we published two controversial reports relating to reductions in non-partner fee-earner headcount at Allens Arthur Robinson and Clayton Utz. In the Clayton Utz post, we queried whet...

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ANALYSIS: Herbert Smith Freehills Merger To Overcome “Panic” & “Loss-Making” Operations

27 January 2012

Since our recent article profiling the looming merger between Freehills and Silver Circle firm Herbert Smith, more details have come to light. We spent some time re-reading emails in our inbox and ...

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Firm Spy Exclusive: Baker & McKenzie Pay Freeze

1 July 2009

It's that time of year again: partners are in a tizz about billing targets, secretaries are getting antsy over unbilled time and lawyers are generally working too hard.  Given the EOFY party seaso...

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Minter Ellison Coffee Cup Discretionary Spend Sparks Talk of a Thawing Pay Freeze

7 October 2009

Following from last week's post profiling the vomit-inducing whopping pay packets received last financial year by Minter Ellison partners (after apparently sacking a mother of five, no less), we re...

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Minters TMT Exodus: Freehills Picks up the Pieces

5 October 2011

A Freehills spy sends word of an "exodus" said to be underway from the Minters Technology, Media and Telecommunications Practice to Freehills: So, here at Freehills we want to be leaders in every ...

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‘Falling to Pieces’; KPMG Finds Poo Poll Loophole

26 November 2009

It has been far too long since the Firm Spy has received anything from its (formerly very lively) KPMG spies. Nothing really substantial, in fact, since we broke news that the KPMG Poo Poll had rec...

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