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  • November 15, 2012 |

    Herbert Smith and Freshfields act on cancer trust's London IPO

    Herbert Smith Freehills and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have advised on the £200m London listing of an investment trust set up to support cancer charities. Freshfields acted for Battle Against Cancer Investment Trust (BACIT) with a team including London corporate partners Jonathan Baird, Guy Morton and Mark Watterson.

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  • November 15, 2012 |

    Links, Taylor Wessing and Olswang dine out on Pizza Hut restaurant sell-off

    Olswang, Linklaters and Taylor Wessing have all picked up roles advising on the sale of Pizza Hut's UK dine-in restaurants to specialist restructuring investor Rutland Partners. The sale by Pizza Hut owner Yum! Brands will see Rutland invest £20m in the business as part of a wider £60m refurbishment and restructuring programme. It will then run the 330 restaurants under a franchise agreement from Yum!.

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  • November 15, 2012 |

    First among equals: Stars at the Bar 2012

    Ben Rigby profiles the 10 most acclaimed young commercial advocates making their mark in a fiercely competitive arena...

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  • November 15, 2012 |

    Black Solicitors Network names UK's most diverse law firms

    Shoosmiths has been named as the UK's most diverse law firm for the second year running by the Black Solicitors Network (BSN) Diversity League Table. A total of 50 law firms, including 30 top 100 UK firms, took part in the research, with participants marked out of 500 in two key areas - demographics and policy and practice.

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  • November 9, 2012 |

    LG set to cut 18 roles as spate of recent law firm layoffs continues

    LG has begun a redundancy consultation which is set to affect 18 individuals across the firm, covering both lawyers and support staff. The firm announced the consultation today (9 November), with the cuts attributed to an attempt to align "resources with what remains a difficult market".

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  • November 9, 2012 |

    Herbert Smith and Slaughters drink to Diageo's £1.2bn India deal

    Herbert Smith Freehills and Slaughter and May are advising on British beverage giant Diageo's £1.2bn purchase of a 53.4% stake in Indian drinks company United Spirits. Herbert Smith is acting for United Spirits and parent company United Breweries led by City corporate partners Alan Montgomery and Roddy Martin alongside India practice chairman Chris Parsons.

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  • November 8, 2012 |

    UK duo act as Japan pharma co takes GSK-Pfizer JV stake

    Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May are among a line-up of top law firms advising on Japanese pharma group Shionogi's purchase of a 10% stake in Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) joint venture ViiV Healthcare.

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  • November 8, 2012 |

    Latest bank reviews show some concessions, but will finance clients keep calling the tune?

    RBS listens to advisers as Lloyds pushes for value but outlook will challenge banks' position, writes Suzanna Ring

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  • November 8, 2012 |

    Pinsents confirms second round of post-merger back office job cuts

    Pinsent Masons is to cut around 15 support staff after announcing its second redundancy consultation since its merger with Scots firm McGrigors went live in May. The national firm confirmed the consultation today (8 November), with the cuts expected to affect staff in the firms' finance and knowledge management teams.

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  • November 8, 2012 |

    Slaughters redundancy consultation sees 44 secretaries exit firm

    Slaughter and May has concluded a redundancy consultation which will see 44 secretarial staff leave the firm, the vast majority of which have opted to take voluntary redundancy. The firm began the consultation last month, with around 28 full-time equivalent roles expected to be affected. However, more secretaries opted to take voluntary redundancy than were required, with 41 taking up the offer, equating to a reduction of 30.3 full-time equivalent (FTE) roles.

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