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involuntary redundancy Archive

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Herbert Smith & Freehills Prepare For June Merger Vote & October “Freebies” Date

13 May 2012

We can't recall which one exactly, but a few months ago one of our readers used the comments section below a post concerning Australia's second largest firm by revenue to refer to the Firm Spy edit...

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JOB FEARS: 500 BDO Staffers Face Unemployment as BDO VIC/NSW Licence Pulled

12 March 2012

If BDO goes into administration on Monday, there will be a lot of good people unemployed.[Anonymous former BDO partner, AFR 10/3/12] Almost one year to the day that Firm Spy first reported the rum...

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Hard Time in Middle Earth; Mallesons Redundancies ‘Closer to 200′

25 September 2009

Following yesterday's post profiling the Mallesons voluntary redundancy program, we received these comments from an anonymous Mallesons spy: ...for a few hours this morning the entire productivity...

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NSW Barrister Gripes about SC Appointments, Gets Appointed SC

16 October 2010

It seems that Gregory Curtin has finally been appointed Senior Counsel, after having previously criticised the "integrity" and "capriciousness" of the appointment process. In a fiery letter addres...

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How Much Do Norton Rose Partners Earn? AFR Law Firm Profit Survey

21 September 2009

Thanks to the AFR for the following profile: Partner Remuneration System Performance-based with a bonus. Partner Pay for 2008-09 Equity partners received from $470,000.00 to as high as $1,300...

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The Deloitte Vow of Poverty; Giam Sweigers’ Daily “Prayer Time” Phone Calls

2 July 2010

A few weeks ago, you'll recall the sermon we delivered in respect of Deloitte Chief Giam Sweigers' "favourite management mottos". We  read Giam's commandments mottos, immediately took the Lord's n...

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UPDATE EXCLUSIVE “Philippa Stone’s Protege” Gone: Top Freehills Partner Walks Out

5 July 2011

We've been reporting that the Freehills partnership is likely to constrict in the near-future by reason of its Leading Practices Reivew.  It started in February when we first revealed that Freehil...

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AAR Victoria’s Secret; Aconex Knickers in a Knot

25 February 2011

There were high-5s among the men and women of the FS office this week when it was announced, finally, that iconic women's underwear brand Victoria's Secret would be making its way down under. At th...

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AARpocalypse Now; Michael Robinson Removed From Allens Website

10 March 2011

[This one goes out to the dozens of ex-AAR staffers we wrote about in this post] For the last month, the world has watched with wonderment as the demise of Charlie Sheen has slowly, shockingly unf...

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FS Salary Survey REVEALED: Top Tier Law Firm Graduate Salaries

29 July 2011

Compared with last year, we've so far received roughly double the number of entries for our FS 2011 Salary Survey. Thanks to everyone who took the time to contribute. We've received some frankly hi...

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