DLA Piper is set to cut staff and lawyers across its Asia Pacific offices in the coming months.
Both fee-earners and back office staff are understood to be at risk of losing their jobs across the firm’s Asia Pacific offices, most likely meaning those in Australia and Hong Kong. It is not known how many lawyers and staff are at risk from the cuts, which were first reported on RollonFriday, though it is believed to be a relatively small number, not far into double figures.
A spokesperson for DLA Piper said: “Like all successful global businesses, DLA Piper continually assesses its size and structure against the backdrop of prevailing market conditions to ensure we’re meeting our clients’ needs as efficiently as possible.”
The news comes shortly after DLA Piper announced that it had put 251 staff in the UK into redundancy consultation while also considering closing its Glasgow office, its defendant insurance practice and merging its document production units into a single site (13 November 2012).
The expected cuts came after DLA Piper completed a strategic review of its UK operations.
Readers' comments (8)
Anonymous | 12-Dec-2012 1:44 pm
And the good news just keeps on coming .. .. .. It's great being a DLA Piper employee.
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Anonymous | 12-Dec-2012 5:35 pm
Wouldn't want Sir Nigel to have to reduce his annual profit share below £1.5m now would we
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Anonymous | 12-Dec-2012 7:12 pm
"Like all successful global businesses..."
Being successful is like being ladylike.
If you have to say you are... then you aren't.
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dragonfly | 13-Dec-2012 5:11 am
Clearly Tony is no Christmas angel.
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Anonymous | 13-Dec-2012 5:38 pm
DLA is NOT a successful global business. It is a successful business in certain areas.
Egotistical self-aggrandisement led it to invest in regions where it had no history, no clients, zero experience or local insights, and where it lost a shed full of partners' money. Those who dissented or raised the voice of caution were those who 'did not get the vision'. (And left.) The tragedy is the hard-working non-partner level staff who were shafted in the process.
The world demand for legal services has shifted. There there is no longer a place in it for law firms in search of a mission..
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Anonymous | 19-Dec-2012 2:58 am
When one reads of "Both fee-earners and back office staff are understood to be at risk of losing their jobs ..." then one next reads of a partner cull.
Hardly surprising; if you reduce leverage of associates then partners are next in the firing line.
One wonders which practices will be under the scrutiny of M. Angel .....
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Anonymous | 19-Dec-2012 7:55 am
I see that some still do not get that working in a law firm is not lifetime employment.
PS: And while I am not a fan of the huge firm model, those of you who think they can do better are free to. Personally, I admire DLA for what it has achieved over a relatively short period, but it's not for everyone.
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