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  • August 30, 2013 |

    Aviva appoints eight firms to core panel as CC misses out in review

    Aviva has appointed eight principal firms to its UK and group legal panel, with Clifford Chance (CC) missing out on a place after a review of the insurance giant's core legal panel. Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O), Latham & Watkins, Ashurst, DLA Piper, Linklaters, Pinsent Masons and Addleshaw Goddard have won spots on the new line-up, following a competitive tender process which began in April.

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  • August 29, 2013 |

    Syria: why the UK can legally use force

    In some ways this week, with the recall of Parliament and the UK's tabling a UN resolution, seems like a fast replay of the run up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Many people's attitudes to what's happening are informed by the experience of Iraq, and reflect the view they took of that action ten years ago. Mine too. So it may be no surprise that, although my legal argument is different here from that in the case of Iraq, and involves undoubted legal controversy, I think there is a proper legal basis on which the UK can participate in military action against Syria.

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  • August 16, 2013 |

    Branding of law firms: what's the message? Does it matter?

    "Entertaining stuff! Though your piece confuses a brand (values, reputation etc) with a name. Slaughter and May has a terrible name (suggesting being somewhat argumentative and possibly indecisive?) but a great brand..."

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  • August 13, 2013 |

    Linklaters and Slaughters lead on RBS sale of Indian businesses

    Linklaters and Slaughter and May are advising on the sale of RBS' Indian businesses to Ratnakar Bank. Ratnakar, which is headquartered in Maharashtra, has signed an agreement with RBS to acquire its business banking, credit cards and mortgage portfolios in India as the UK's biggest lender continues to sell off its non-core assets and consolidate its offerings around the world.

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  • August 12, 2013 |

    Slaughters mulls senior adviser role in partnership alternative rethink

    Slaughter and May is in the early stages of a review of its career structure for senior lawyers wishing to take an alternative route to partnership. The magic circle firm has begun a rethink of its senior adviser role, which is broadly aligned with a senior counsel position at other firms.

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  • August 8, 2013 |

    Eversheds takes advisory role as BPP gains full university status

    BPP has been granted full university status by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and will become BPP University as of 6 August this year. The move - which comes after the College of Law was granted university status last year and rebranded as the University of Law - has been confirmed by BIS after BPP met the criteria for full university title.

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  • August 2, 2013 |

    Dealmaker: David Trott

    The Freshfields partner on his eurozone pessimism, speed walking and an ambition to manage Arsenal

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  • August 2, 2013 |

    Client demand and intense competition set the agenda as law firm leaders look back on another difficult year

    "This is a rapidly changing market and you cannot afford to stick to one formula. You have to be responsive..." Emerging markets provide source of comfort as law firm leaders lament patchy deal flow...

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  • August 1, 2013 |

    At a premium – unstable law firms are ringing alarm bells for legal insurers

    When the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) warned recently that more than 30 of the UK's leading 200 law firms were in "serious financial difficulty", it set alarm bells ringing among legal industry insurers. Their sense of anxiety will have only deepened last month when Samantha Barrass, the SRA executive director, gave a speech adding that the regulator was receiving "more and more" reports of firms in financial difficulty, and that it was working with 51 firms where the likelihood of a costly intervention was "very high".

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  • August 1, 2013 |

    Linklaters and Slaughters see September retention rates rise

    Linklaters and Slaughter and May are both keeping on more than 85% of their September-qualifying trainees, with the magic circle pair increasing their retention rates on last year. Linklaters has retained 87% of its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers after offering 47 trainees a job out of a 54-strong cohort. Two NQs chose not to apply. The figure is up on a retention rate of 78% this time last year.

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