Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has named Audrey Sokoloff as co-head of the firm’s Asia Pacific practice. A partner in Skadden’s Tokyo office, Sokoloff will join Hong Kong-based Alan Schiffman in managing the firm’s six Asia Pacific offices. According to LegalWeek, Skadden’s Asia-Pacific practice was previously headed by U.S.-based partners Michael Gisser and Phyllis Korff [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 30, 2009
Commercial law firm Mallesons will begin a redundancy consultation in August, targeting 5% of the firm’s workforce. The redundancies are being characterized as voluntary, and will affect 100 lawyers and staff. Some lawyers will be offered more than one year’s pay. The offers are to include a payment based on years of service, an additional stipend, and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 3, 2009
Allens Arthur Robinson, which in April offered up to one year’s pay to lawyers who take voluntary redundancies, has seen 114 employees take up the offer and leave the firm. The redundancies included lawyers, corporate services staff, and secretaries. Twelve people who asked for voluntary redundancies were refused.As By offering the voluntary redundancies, Allens Arthur says it [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 15, 2009
Thomson Playford has laid off 19 lawyers and five staff in its Sydney and Adelaide, Australia offices. Thomson Playford Cutlers is a full service commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne, with 200 lawyers and 350 staff. In August 2008, the firm was ranked as one of the top 25 law firms in Australia [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 15, 2009
Blake Dawson has eliminated 23 lawyers and 66 support staff in the wake of its March review of business. Details have not been released. If you know anything about the situation at Blake Dawson, please send us a confidential tip! Founded in Melbourne in 1841, Blake Dawson is a commercial law firm that operates in the Asia-Pacific [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 14, 2009
Australia’s Minter Ellison has laid off 11 lawyers and 24 support staff from its Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane offices. The redundancies targeted senior and junior associates in the firm’s property, construction and finance practices. There are no current plans for further redundancies. Minter Ellison is one of the largest full-service law firms in the Asia-Pacific region. It [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, April 18, 2009
Allens Arthur Robinson will institute pay freezes July 1st, and is offering up to one year’s pay to lawyers who take voluntary redundancies. The amount paid out for those who choose to leave will depend on seniority and years with the firm. Allens also plans to shuffle remaining lawyers between practices. The firm has no plans for involuntary [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 12, 2009
Blake Dawson will announce redundancies tomorrow, Friday the 13th, with “less than 100″ people affected. The firm says the cuts are all related to the global economic meltdown. This will be the second round of redundancies at the Melbourne, Australia-based firm, as at least four property and finance lawyers have been laid off since the beginning of [...]
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