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DLA job cuts give rise to enmity between Aussie, UK lawyers

I used to work at DLA and have to say that these so called "Aussie Magic Circle" lawyers at DLA are the same as mid market lawyers in London (ie below Silver Circle). They are nothing like Freshfields, Clifford Chance etc. All they know is the tiny legal market in Australia and have no international experience. They may be good in Oz but not worldwide. I found them rude and arrogant and quite nasty. They brought all their support staff over and paid them more than lawyers in other firms. They treated their Aussie support staff better than lawyers of other nationalities and undermined those lawyers. That is definitely mafia!! The quality of the work was quite poor and they did not know how to approach Gulf problems because they were so used to the Malesons way of doing things. What goes around comes around.

28-Feb-2010

9:47 am