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  • November 6, 2012 |

    DLA Piper boosts Africa coverage with addition of five firms to network

    DLA Piper has expanded its Africa presence with the addition of five independent law firms to its network on the continent. The new additions to DLA's Africa Group, all of which have joined over the last 12 months, take the total number of firms within the network to 11.

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  • November 5, 2012 |

    Mayer Brown, Bingham, Macfarlanes line up on Comet administration

    Mayer Brown, Bingham McCutchen and Macfarlanes have taken roles on the administration of electrical retailer Comet, whose collapse marks the latest High Street casualty.

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  • November 3, 2012 |

    Slaughters, Sullivan and Davis Polk eye big returns from key China IPO

    Slaughter and May, Sullivan & Cromwell and Davis Polk & Wardwell have picked up lead advisory roles as the state-owned People's Insurance Company of China (PICC Group) draws closer to completing its multi-billion dollar Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO).

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  • October 31, 2012 |

    Slaughters cuts back bonuses once more with associates to receive 5%

    Slaughter and May has cut back the bonuses it pays to its fee earners, trainees and staff, with trainee bonuses now down to 2.5% from 8% two years ago. The firm's associates will receive a 5% bonus for 2012, down from the 8% paid out last year, while trainees and support staff will receive a 2.5% payout.

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  • October 29, 2012 |

    Freshfields and Slaughters lead on Penguin Random House merger

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have picked up leading roles alongside two US firms on the planned joint venture between Penguin and Random House, which will create a consumer publishing giant with combined revenues of around £2.5bn. UK media group Pearson and German rival Bertelsmann confirmed today (29 October) that they have agreed to combine their respective publishing outfits, with Random House owner Bertelsmann set to own 53% of the new Penguin Random House joint venture and Penguin parent Pearson the remaining 47% stake.

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  • October 28, 2012 |

    Slaughters, BLP, DLA advise on sale of London landmark Admiralty Arch

    Slaughter and May, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and DLA Piper have advised on the Government's £60m sale of London landmark Admiralty Arch to Spanish developer Prime Investors Capital (PIC). The developer, which is run by former JP Morgan investment banker Rafael Serrano, won a competitive bid to secure the deal and will now undertake a restoration project that will see the Grade-I listed building transformed into an upmarket hotel, subject to planning permission.

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  • October 25, 2012 | International Edition

    The hard sell – profiling the mad men and women who strive to sell law

    "Procter & Gamble may have been created by soap makers, but their brands have been built by running them as a rounded business," argues Mishcon de Reya's iconoclastic business development director Elliot Moss. "You would have never heard of P&G if they had left just the soap makers in charge. Law firms are no different."

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    The hard sell – profiling the mad men and women who strive to sell law

    "Procter & Gamble may have been created by soap makers, but their brands have been built by running them as a rounded business," argues Mishcon de Reya's iconoclastic business development director Elliot Moss. "You would have never heard of P&G if they had left just the soap makers in charge. Law firms are no different."

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    Freshfields eyes Australia launch as rush Down Under continues

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is weighing up plans to open in Australia as international law firms' interest in the region continues to grow. The magic circle firm has spoken to several Australian partners in recent months about potential hires as it considers whether to launch a small M&A-focused offering in the country.

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  • October 25, 2012 |

    PRIME time: training the legal stars of tomorrow

    Given the awful fact that it is now harder to enter the legal profession than it was 30 years ago, over the past few years many of the UK's largest law firms have set up schemes to reach out to schoolchildren to encourage them to apply for work experience.

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