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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 | secure

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inner image Nabarro wins multiple roles for betting company Sportingbet

Nabarro has taken a hat-trick of corporate roles for Sportingbet, including advising on the company’s high-profile takeover approach from betting rival Ladbrokes. Corporate partner Graham Stedman advised the online betting company – a longstand...

27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 | secure

inner image Addleshaws and Slaughters advise on creation of property advisory giant

Addleshaw Goddard and Slaughter and May have advised on the merger of Dutch consulting and management services company Arcadis with UK property management company EC Harris. The deal creates one of the largest property advisory and project services...

27 Oct 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Slaughters invests in associates with new development initiatives

Slaughter and May has overhauled its associate development programme, bringing in a number of measures intended to improve feedback for junior lawyers and get them more involved in client development. Associates are being encouraged to build relati...

20 Oct 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Slaughters and Herbert Smith head up £5.2bn facilities takeover

Slaughter and May and Herbert Smith have won lead roles on one of this year's largest M&A deals - the £5.2bn purchase of Danish facilities outsourcing firm ISS by UK security group G4S. The acquisition is set to make the Crawley-based security ser...

17 Oct 2011 | 15:23 | secure

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Slaughters and A&O lead on £472m private equity credit card sale

Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy (A&O) are leading a four-firm line-up advising on the £472m private equity sale of credit card provider SAV Credit to investment manager Vaerde Partners. Slaughters advised SAV owner Palamon Capital Partners on the...

10 Oct 2011 | 13:50 | secure

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Slaughters to lead top-level review of English rugby's governing body

Slaughter and May has been instructed by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) to undertake a review of its corporate governance amid intense media scrutiny of the top levels of English rugby's governing body. The review, which will be led by Slaughters c...

29 Sep 2011 | 15:06 | secure

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Slaughters ups secondments to referral firms in Asia

Slaughter and May is set to tighten its relationships with local firms in Asia, with the firm planning to increase secondments to the region and send lawyers to Korea for the first time. The elite law firm is aiming to increase its lawyer secondmen...

15 Sep 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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Slaughters leads alongside US firms on £1.5bn transatlantic takeover bid

Slaughter and May and a number of US firms have won roles on US manufacturing company Colfax Corporation's £1.5bn takeover bid for UK engineering group Charter International. Slaughters has taken the lead role for Charter on the deal, which is con...

13 Sep 2011 | 10:09 | secure

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Slaughters and A&O win roles on $2bn Cathay Pacific bond programme

Slaughter and May has advised Cathay Pacific Airways on its application for the listing of a $2bn (£1.2bn) medium-term note programme on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, reports The Asian Lawyer. According to the Hong Kong airline, the programme will...

02 Sep 2011 | 12:37 | secure

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Magic circle duo and Gibson Dunn head up CVC's Virgin Active buyout

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Slaughter and May and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher have taken lead roles on private equity group CVC Capital Partners' acquisition of a controlling stake in Virgin Active. Freshfields advised the acquirers on the deal, whi...

23 Aug 2011 | 12:48 | secure

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Gibson Dunn, Slaughters lead firms on HP's £7bn Autonomy takeover

Gibson Dunn and Slaughter and May have won lead roles on Hewlett-Packard’s (HP) £7.1bn takeover bid for Britain’s largest software company Autonomy, in a deal which could become the largest ever in the history of the European IT sector.

19 Aug 2011 | 10:53 | secure

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Slaughters scores role on Arsenal's Fabregas sale

Slaughter and May has won a role advising Arsenal Football Club on the high-profile sale of its captain Cesc Fabregas to FC Barcelona. The deal, which could be worth up to £35m, concludes one of the most protracted departures from a British premiersh...

16 Aug 2011 | 14:41 | secure | 1 comment

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Slaughters adds third New Zealand firm to secondment network

Slaughter and May has agreed a new secondment arrangement with New Zealand firm Chapman Tripp. The pair have been in discussions over the last few months and have decided to enter into a non-exclusive programme that will see junior lawyers from eac...

09 Aug 2011 | 13:26 | secure

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Slaughters and A&O act on $7.5bn Petrohawk acquisition financing

Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy (A&O) have picked up advisory roles as BHP Billiton agreed a $7.5bn (£4.6bn) financing package for its takeover of Petrohawk Energy Corporation. The Anglo-Australian mining giant announced earlier this month (14...

28 Jul 2011 | 00:00 | secure

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