Here’s Firm Spy’s updates for the past week…
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Shit Sandwich; Baker & McKenzie Appoints Bruce Hambrett as National Managing Partner
August 28th, 2009
Baker & McKenzie yesterday appointed Bruce Hambrett to its national chair. As reported in June 2004: only floss the teeth you want to keep! Baker & McKenzie has recruited Bruce Hambrett as a partner to its litigation and insolvency practice in Sydney. He will start 28 June. Hambrett comes to Bakers from Minter Ellison. In five years, Bruce has ascended to […]
Firm Spy PR Award; Sharon Bell Answers PwC PR SOS
August 27th, 2009
The Firm Spy has been understandably scathing of PwC?s response to the GFC. We thought two waves of redundancies, a veiled pay reduction, and rumours causing general employee angst warranted our condemnation. But PwC PR foot-soldier Sharon Bell, the National Manager of Human Capital, has answered the call, in the process taking out the inaugural Firm Spy […]
5 Minutes of Your Day – Remuneration Survey
August 27th, 2009
In conjuction with our friends at Lawyers Weakly, the Firm Spy is proudly throwing its support behind an initiative pioneered by our friends at Legal Monkey; an anonymous remuneration survey. less than one billable unit The survey is available at this link. This excellently constructed survey is completely anonymous and is a reference that the Firm Spy will be able […]
?Write a 500-Word Essay on Kyle Sandilands?; Marque Lawyers Hunts Seasonal Clerk
August 26th, 2009
The following advertisement was recently placed on the UTS Law Students? Society website: MARQUE LAWYERS – SEEKING A SUMMER CLERK Hello second-last-year law student, Marque Lawyers here.? If you haven?t heard of us, your life probably feels a little empty of meaning but WANKER we can fix that. The equation is simple enough.? You want a summer clerkship (partly as a first […]
Ex-Clayton Utz Partner George Livanes an Alleged Fraudster
August 26th, 2009
With an investigation into investments made by Clayton Utz partners into an elaborate tax scheme apparently still afoot, it has emerged today that an ex-Clayton Utz partner is presently facing charges of fraud and obtaining a financial advantage by deception. It has been revealed that ex-Clutz partner George Livanes say NO to fraud ?is bankrupt and preparing to defend […]
Best in the West! KPMG Hoards ?Good? Banned Employees
August 25th, 2009
In the current edition of BRW, KPMG national managing partner James Allt-Graham made the following comments: We?ve gone to great lengths to hoard good staff? one of the realities in the medium term that we all recognised was that there?d continue to be an incredibly intense war for talent. KPMG is the Great Southern Land Are the three KPMG […]
Chills @ Mills? Questions Raised Over Future of Alleged ?Fugitive? Mills Oakley Partner
August 25th, 2009
In late July we reported that mid-sized law firm Mills Oakley had hired ex-Baker & McKenzie partner Anthony Brearley. In that post we also reported that Mr Brearley, who until recently worked for Nakheel Corporation in Dubai, allegedly fled the UAE when allegations arose against him. As reported by the Sydney Morning Herald: running into chilly water Australian lawyer, Anthony Brearley, […]
DLA Phillips Fox(t)rot; Formal Merger With DLA Piper Sought
August 24th, 2009
It seems the combination of fumbled redundancies, rumoured pay reductions to juniors and general bad publicity has caused a deep rot to develop at DLA Phillips Fox. So much is this the case, it has been reported that DLAPF has trotted off to its international affiliate DLA Piper seeking a formal merger. i need somebody! As reported […]
Gadens Partner John-Anthony Hodgens Warns Fatboy Posties
August 24th, 2009
Ever since Seinfeld?s Newman brought the spotlight on obesity in the postal service, the humble postie has been recast as fat and incompetent, rather than the robust figures who once appealled to the philandering urges of housewives. But if posties thought that dealing with the occasional snickering pedestrian was difficult enough, things are about to get a […]
