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"A combination between Hogan Lovells and Clayton Utz would create a fearsome, truly global firm. And HoganLovellsUtz doesn't sound too bad either."
Latest comment: 25 May 2012 | 14:47 | 1 comment
"If one is prudent and brutally realistic, redundancy should not present itself as a problem."
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25 May 2012 | 11:27 |
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"They are highly unlikely to revoke it, especially if the other marks are high and you have a good record generally. Equally, universities tend not to 'fail' a candidate their degree over one paper - more likely the overall classification of degree wi..."
Latest comment: 25 May 2012 | 09:52 | 3 comments
"To Vecchio - that is innaccurate. A&O run an employee blog - perhaps not for SEO purposes, but its still a blog. Nice article as well. "
Latest comment: 24 May 2012 | 22:18 | 2 comments
"Large numbers of firms are now pushing out LOTS of staff through stealth processes. The declared redundancies are just the tip of the iceberg."
Latest comment: 23 May 2012 | 12:38 | 3 comments
"One cautionary tale from Dewey & Leboeuf's untimely demise is that managing a global law firm requires transparency. It seems that a lot of 'minor' partners at the firm had no meaningful idea how it was being managed, or the state of the firm's financ..."
Latest comment: 23 May 2012 | 09:13 | 3 comments
"The partners didn't step down voluntarily - they were voted out by a belligerent partnership that wanted some management blood on the carpet after the restructuring debacle. ..."
Latest comment: 22 May 2012 | 20:06 | 1 comment
"The SRA is not requiring firms to pay the minimum wage and the vast majority of trainees will in future, as now, be paid considerably more. The SRA has simply said that law firms should be free to determine what they pay their employees subject to re..."
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22 May 2012 | 14:47 |
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"Norton Rose and Fulbright & Jaworski supplemented appropriately. The combination of synergies bring on stage a major legal global player."
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22 May 2012 | 14:38 |
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"8 law firm winners and only 4 corporate counsel winners? Why is it called the 'Corporate Counsel Middle East Awards'?..."
Latest comment: 21 May 2012 | 12:22 | 1 comment
"It's not about quality, it's about money. Dewey's partners, in common with every top tier firm, were almost uniformly excellent lawyers. Clients expect quality at all times, that's why they pay hourly rates far above the profession as a whole. ..."
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20 May 2012 | 15:30 |
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"Couldn't agree more about the partner "manager" role being the brass ring at Herbies. As for hiring professionals to manage the firm, Herbies gave that a try with Norman Green. Unfortunately, the Herbies partners don't like real managers who expect t..."
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17 May 2012 | 15:16 |
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"Staff members are very important to their assigned attorneys and work hard for the firm. It is so sad that many attorneys will jump ship and leave them behind. They too, have financial responsibilities. These attorneys are no better than the captai..."
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16 May 2012 | 22:18 |
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"I had a look at a briefing paper called "In defence of conjugality" which made some good points...."
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16 May 2012 | 21:59 |
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"I hope the CC partners are reading this. There is a lot of mileage in this... the corporate world is SO far removed from the reality of family life - education is an excellent thing to actually partake in and promote. I recall CC would do a pro bono r..."
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16 May 2012 | 17:07 |
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