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BREAKING NEWS: Allens Arthur Robinson & Linklaters Agree to Global Merger – More to Come

23 April 2012

After months of speculation, Allens and Linklaters have agreed to merge. Allens Arthur Robinson Chief Executive Partner Michael Rose sent staffers the following email last night: From: Rose, Mic...

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Sack Me! Mallesons ‘Rejects’ Voluntary Redundancy Applications

9 September 2009

We reported in July the news that Australia's leading economist wizard law firm partner, Mallesons' Robert Milliner, had looked into his crystal ball, consulted with the spirit world, and decided t...

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Succession of Deloitte Voicemails Create Pay Freeze Confusion

27 November 2009

We reported several weeks ago the technonological indiosyncracy of Deloitte - "send the punters voicemails, that way a bad news email cant be flicked to media". This is excellent in theory but in practice, if you've got a catalogue of disgruntled employees feverishly transcribing the contents of the voicemail, then, bad news can still travel fast. Take, for example, the horrible news that a couple of Deloitte workers were reportedly sacked for organising a weekend bag of sniff over a Deloitte-owned communication device. We received the following message from an anonymous Deloitte spy a few days ago: Hi, I am a new follower of firmspy and this is my first contribution. My latest news is about Deloitte. Recently, we received two voicemails from Keith Skinner, CFO, (both on Frida...

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REDACTED: Defections, Claire Winton Burn & Trust in Clayton Utz ‘Relationship Contracting’

6 August 2010

Occasionally we get it wrong with our stories and this is one such instance. No, we don't think the content we previously published was inaccurate, it was just way too personal and irrelevant. We agree with the comments from Marco below and have thus withdrawn the post. Send the Firm Spy your news and views!

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Baking Bread; No Pay Freezes in Sight at Baker & McKenzie

22 April 2009

Whereas top-ties firms Freehills, Allens Arthur Robinson and Minter Ellison have each now enforced a firm-wide pay freeze, it has emerged today that international heavyweight Baker & McKenzie i...

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AAR Voluntary Redundancies; Rumour Some Staff Were ‘Invited’ to Accept

29 June 2009

Earlier in the year, AAR announced a voluntary redundancy scheme. It was revealed over the weekend that some 100 AAR staff accepted the offer, from all areas of the firm. What was not reported w...

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Can Touch This; Freehills’ Casual-Clothes Friday on Chopping Block

29 May 2009

Top-tier Tightwad Freehills, having already smothered office morale with a pay-freeze announced just three months after the firm declared that it could beat the GFC,  appears to have a new target ...

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PwC Admits Offering Graduates Cash to Defer

29 July 2009

It is always nice to hear when a rumour that we exclusively report is subsequently confirmed by the firm in question. And so, it is with a sense of pride that we can today report confirmation of a ...

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Clutzy Love-Fest; “Trench” Loses Against A&O Mastermind Defector Grant Fuzi

4 May 2010

The "Trench" v Clayton Utz sexual harassment/bullying/victimisation saga shows no sign of ending. However, it has now reached the offices of A&O matermind defector Grant Fuzi, who is simultaneo...

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Macquarie ‘Millionaires Factory’ Makes Scores of Graduates Redundant

18 August 2009

The Firm Spy is working hard to improve the quality and the quantity of its Investment Bank gossip. To this end, we welcomed the following anonymous tip received on the weekend: Macquarie Capi...

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