According to a report we’ve just read on the Lawyer.com (UK) Newsletter US firm who announced job losses earlier in the week are also..
Exiting their Bangkok office.
The (UK) Lawyer write in their newsletter….
Q. When is three per cent not three per cent?
A. When it is a statistic produced by White & Case.
Yesterday, we discovered that White & Case is laying off, ahem, three per cent of its global workforce. Today, we discovered that White & Case is closing its Bangkok office. The two events are not linked, apparently.
But White & Case seems to have fallen victim to its own spin. It has indeed laid off three per cent of its global workforce. But plumb down deeper and where is that three per cent being laid off? In the US.
So the firm has made 70 associates and 90 staff in the US redundant. That equates to nine per cent of its US workforce. That’s quite a lot more than three. Oh, the 70 associates account for almost 13 per cent of its US associate numbers.
They’re also in consultation with "around two per cent" of their 620-strong London workforce. That works out as 12 people using our calculator. White & Case’s calculator says "around 10". Hey, what’s the difference? Probably quite a lot if you’re one of those two people.
At the Lawyer website. The story reads thus:
White & Case is set to close its third office in less than a month as Thailand follows departures from Italy and the German city of Dresden.
White & Case is pulling out of Thailand and letting its Bangkok office relaunch itself as a 58-lawyer independent firm.
The departure from Thailand follows the closure of the firm’s offices in Dresden and Milan during the last month.
A firm spokesman said: "They’re all very different scenarios and they’re not linked. They’re independent decisions based on local factors. It’s a reflection of the fact that a lot of the business is domestic."
The decision to split from Bangkok follows discussions between White & Case’s global management and the leadership of the Bangkok office. White & Case’s office in Bangkok will become a separate legal entity named Weerawong Chinnavat & Peangpanor, which will work with White & Case on a "preferred provider" basis from January 2009. It will be headed by three partners from the current Bangkok office and staffed by the White & Case Bangkok team.
Unsurprisingly no bad news on White & Cases’ news page
And the Bangkok Office page is still up
Here’s their list of current practitioners who will be affected by the changes..
Arunsurat, Visitsak Associate
Bhanavavatana, Vasuthep Associate
Boonklum, Peangpanor Partner
Buranasin, Pathamakorn Associate
Chaikajornwat, Sunyaluck Associate
Chainit, Somsila Associate
Chinkarn, Wiriya Associate
Chinsangaram, Chinnavat Partner
Chittmittrapap, Weerawong Partner
Chotpitayasunon, Ekachai Associate
Chuenchomlada, Trinuch Associate
Corr, Christopher F. Partner Beijing, Bangkok, Washington, DC
Dejchaiyasak, Phisit Local Partner
Duangpanyasawang, Assadayut Associate
Hemara, Arthit Associate
Intarasupa, Chalermchai Associate
Jiamboonsri, Kreangkri Associate
Jiraboonsri, Bongkarn Associate
Jirasatapananon, Aimsarin Associate
Kirdsinsap, Suntus Associate
Klinboon, Yaowarote Associate
Krairiksh, Busaba 1 International Trade Analyst
Krea-ngam, Vichya Associate
Krootdaecha, Piya Associate
Laohaganniyom, Kallaya Associate
Leosakul, Parardorn Associate
Limsiripothong, Sakchai Associate
Manduang, Seree Associate
Mingviriya, Tuangrat Associate
Mullijarupongs, Ravipat Associate
Nanakorn, Kulachet Local Partner
Nipanutiyun, Solos Associate
Nitsupharp, Teerasard Associate
Padungchewit, Dome Associate
Paknara, Pakdee Local Partner
Phimkitidej, Kosin Associate
Phoowanich, Prasittichai Associate
Phungmaha, Ajaree Associate
Pranutnorapal, Natthida Associate
Prasartmongkhon, Pongphon Associate
Santingamkul, Apichit Associate
Schooneman, Troy Local Partner
Singhaphan, Teeratorn Associate
Sirachadapong, Jitlada Associate
Siwarapornskul, Sayam Associate
Srisakornborisut, Wilairat Associate
Sukhumananda, Kudun Associate
Tangsripairoje, Jongtip Associate
Thongpakdee, Chinnavat Partner
Towongchuen, Pathorn Associate
Trakulmanenate, Chatri Local Partner
Trutasnawint, Linda 1 International Trade Analyst
Wibuloutai, Sahachai Associate
Winiyakul, Niruch Associate
Wongswangsiri, Warathon Associate
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