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"If deals like this catch on, I suppose the trainees and junior associates in the country can forget about making partner? The incumbent equity partners are now able to cash in on their stakes, effectively selling out the future of their juniors. After..."
Latest comment: 06 Feb 2012 | 21:31 | 1 comment
"Typical law firm really Fee earners out for themselves. Usual "I'm alright Jack" attitude. No appreciation of other staff members, whom they look upon as cattle fodder."
Latest comment: 06 Feb 2012 | 19:44 | 2 comments
"Just wondering how my attitude could come across in vac scheme applications made on paper via a prescribed form and/or a standard CV? Or how it played with me getting a job offer from a top firm following my first interview?"
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06 Feb 2012 | 15:00 |
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"I'm more interested to know how did LW get hold of this internal memo."
Latest comment: 04 Feb 2012 | 21:18 | 7 comments
"Some people have been asking whether I would go to the Supreme Court. If you fund me then I would. I am definitely up for it. If I was to go to the Supreme Court this would be my approach 1. ss4(4) legal nonsense 2. hypothetical assumption contr..."
Latest comment: 03 Feb 2012 | 15:39 | 2 comments
"I think this is the worst kept secret in the legal world. Hardly warrants the print space."
Latest comment: 03 Feb 2012 | 14:52 | 1 comment
"Having won a long battle to ensure that (i) the company has one central point of legal advice (the GC) and (ii) that only the GC (or his team) instructs outside counsel, my company's policy is that all legal documents have to be seen by the GC (or a m..."
Latest comment: 03 Feb 2012 | 11:22 | 1 comment
"But the real story is "what happened to the over zealous IT employee"? A rollicking for doing what he was asked to do?"
Latest comment: 01 Feb 2012 | 23:30 | 1 comment
"Beddow is a competent candidate for the job, but it is unlikely that the board would allow two private equity guys to run the firm. Another potential candidate is Cristina Calvo. Charlie wants to increase the number of female partners in management..."
Latest comment: 01 Feb 2012 | 11:10 | 1 comment
"I'd be staggeringly surprised if Slater & Gordon were raking in £1bn from the UK in a few years as that's twice what an MC firm does now and they are pulling in less than a sixth of that sum back in Oz."
Latest comment: 31 Jan 2012 | 14:14 | 7 comments
"I read in disbelief some of the comments (from well-educated lawyers) about people who have been made redundant especially the ones where apparently only the "best" people are retained during a redundancy programme. You must be very ignorant to think ..."
Latest comment: 31 Jan 2012 | 13:59 | 16 comments
"Interesting insight into both the commercial and legal implications of the paper and the response from the government. Question is how diligently have all stakeholders considered these?"
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30 Jan 2012 | 15:52 |
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"This is completely justified. In order to incentivise partners at the top of the lockstep and near the end of their careers to leave the UK for tax-free Dubai and ex-pat packages, we have keep them whole. It's only too bad that so many other had to fo..."
Latest comment: 29 Jan 2012 | 04:34 | 1 comment
"So that's a union of top 50 promising a shuffle for national duo but not promising a game at the end for Pinsents? This reasonably interesting and well-written feature is grossly undersold by a pile-up of redundant cliches. "
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27 Jan 2012 | 15:10 |
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"I am a six years PQE commercial property lawyer who is leaving private practice to join the GLS, having done a secondment there. As others have said, you do really need to consider the pros and cons of your current role. If money is one of your ..."
Latest comment: 27 Jan 2012 | 10:40 | 8 comments
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