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The Transfer Window: recent moves including Norton Rose, Orrick, Salans and Gide
Former Slaughter and May partner Lucy Wylde has been appointed as general counsel of the Government's Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG). Wylde left Slaughters in April last year to take up a position as GC of the Asset Protection Agency, which was ...
06 Feb 2012 | 00:00
Slaughters takes MF Global dispute role; court docs reveal hourly rates
Slaughter and May has been called in to advise on a multimillion-dollar dispute relating to the high-profile liquidation of US broker MF Global. An application by MF Global's trustee, James Giddens, to retain Slaughters as UK counsel was made in th...
31 Jan 2012 | 11:25
Going postal - Slaughters partner Jeff Triggs on filling in at the Royal Mail
When Royal Mail needed to an interim GC after the departure of Doug Evans, it looked no further than its external adviser. Caroline Hill talks to Jeff Triggs about the challenges of being a stand-in general counsel
27 Jan 2012 | 00:00 | 
Online trading company LCG recruits former Slaughters lawyer as first-ever GC
Online trading company London Capital Group (LCG) has appointed its first-ever group general counsel with the hire of ex-Slaughter and May lawyer Martin Creek from Axiom Legal. Creek, who joined LCG earlier this month, has become the company's firs...
11 Jan 2012 | 10:23 |
Bakers & Slaughters at the fore as GSK sells over-the-counter brands
Baker & McKenzie and Slaughter and May have lined up to advise on the $660m (£420m) sale of 17 healthcare brands, including Gaviscon, by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Bakers has advised consumer products group Prestige Brands, which acq...
21 Dec 2011 | 12:26 |
Slaughters & Freshfields score mandates on New China Life Insurance listing
Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised on a billion-dollar dual initial public offering (IPO) for China’s third-largest life insurance company. New China Life Insurance expects to raise $1.9bn (£1.2bn) through the du...
15 Dec 2011 | 10:01 |
M&A Team of the Year: Slaughter and May
Slaughter and May’s work advising British Airways (BA) on its merger with Spanish airline Iberia secures it the highly-prized M&A Team of the Year Award. The deal was a complex one, given that it involved two flagship national airlines operati...
08 Dec 2011 | 00:00 |
A&O, Clydes and Centrica among winners at British Legal Awards 2011
Allen & Overy (A&O), Clyde & Co and Centrica were among the winners at last night’s (1 December) British Legal Awards, in London's Old Billingsgate Market. A&O scooped up the coveted law firm of the year award, seeing off competition from Clydes, Ho...
02 Dec 2011 | 10:44 |
Slaughters and Linklaters lauded as City’s best-run firms as partners chase leadership dividend
Nine out of 10 senior lawyers view leadership as key to success while DLA Piper’s recruitment of former Linklaters head Tony Angel wins widespread backing. Simon Petersen reports
17 Nov 2011 | 00:00 |
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Taylor Wessing boosts London tax with ex-Slaughters hire
Taylor Wessing has boosted its City tax practice with the hire of former Slaughter and May partner Richard Carson. Carson retired from the magic circle firm in April after 30 years, including 20 years as a partner. He is set to join Taylor Wessing in ...
14 Nov 2011 | 12:29 |
CC, Slaughters join Links on Lloyds bidding battle as Co-op makes move
Clifford Chance (CC) and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles alongside Linklaters on the bidding battle for the 632 branches that Lloyds Banking Group must offload to meet European state aid rules. The Co-operative Group, which has made a non-b...
11 Nov 2011 | 11:20 |
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Slaughters and Macfarlanes take lead roles on cut-price sale of Comet
Slaughter and May and Macfarlanes have lined up to advise on the sale of struggling UK electrical retailer Comet Group to private equity house OpCapita for just £2. Slaughters is advising Comet parent company Kesa Electricals on the sale of Comet’s...
10 Nov 2011 | 12:37 |
Slaughters and Bakers check in on Lufthansa's sell-off of BMI airline
Slaughter and May and Baker & McKenzie are advising on Lufthansa's sale of British Midland International (BMI) to British Airways owner International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG). Bakers is acting for Lufthansa, the owner of BMI, which operate...
04 Nov 2011 | 13:01 |
Slaughters cuts trainee bonuses with associate pay rates held static
Slaughter and May has cut back the bonuses it pays to its trainees, with associate salaries held static in the firm's latest pay review. The magic circle firm, which last year paid its trainees a bonus of 8% of salary, has opted to cut this to 4% f...
31 Oct 2011 | 12:06 |
Slaughters and Cleary act on Sony's £920m purchase of Ericsson JV stake
Slaughter and May and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have taken lead roles on Sony's £920m acquisition of Ericsson's stake in mobile phone joint venture Sony Ericsson. The deal, which has seen Sony buy Ericsson's entire 50% stake in the joint ve...
28 Oct 2011 | 11:22 |
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