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  • October 4, 2012 |

    Freshfields and Shearman target ethnic minority grads with recruitment deal

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Shearman & Sterling are ramping up their diversity efforts by signing up to work with an agency that specialises in African Caribbean graduates. The firms have joined the client list of Rare Recruitment, which specialises in providing high-achieving African Caribbean graduates, as well as other ethnic minorities.

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  • October 2, 2012 |

    Slaughters set to make 28 secretary job cuts in rare redundancy round

    Slaughter and May is set to lay off as many as 28 secretaries in a rare redundancy round at the magic circle firm. Slaughters this morning confirmed the redundancies of up to 28 full-time equivalent secretaries out of 165 currently employed at the firm's City base.

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  • October 2, 2012 |

    CC, Mishcons and BBC up for prizes at 2012 British Legal Awards

    Clifford Chance (CC), Mishcon de Reya and Latham & Watkins are among the leading law firms in contention for this year's British Legal Awards. Shortlists unveiled today (2 October) reveal that the trio will go up against Berwin Leighton Paisner, Olswang and Travers Smith for the flagship Law Firm of the Year award, while the BBC, Everything Everywhere, Marks & Spencer and Nationwide are shortlisted for Legal Department of the Year.

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  • September 27, 2012 |

    Top 20 sees over 400 partners leave LLPs in stormy markets

    The UK's top 20 law firms saw 439 partners exit their main limited liability partnerships (LLPs) in 2011-12, as firms continue to actively manage their partnerships.

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  • September 25, 2012 |

    Slaughters mulls adding US-qualified partners in Asia

    Slaughter and May is mulling adding US law capability to its Hong Kong office, after a spate of US firms launched local practices in the region. The magic circle firm is considering whether to hire US-qualified lawyers for its Asia base - a move which would involve lateral partner hires and would represent a break from the firm's traditional strategy of organic growth.

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  • September 25, 2012 |

    Macfarlanes leads as mining giant Bumi launches internal investigation

    Macfarlanes has been drafted in to advise mining giant Bumi on an investigation into alleged financial irregularities in its Indonesian operations. The City firm is understood to have been instructed by the company yesterday (24 September), when Bumi announced the internal investigation into its Indonesian subsidiary PT Bumi Resources, in which it has a 29% stake.

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  • September 14, 2012 |

    A&O, Slaughters and Linklaters lead as RBS launches Direct Line IPO

    Allen & Overy and Slaughter and May have landed roles advising the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Direct Line Group on Direct Line's London listing, which is set to value the insurance company at around £3bn. A&O is advising both Direct Line and its parent RBS, with a team led by London corporate partner David Broadley, alongside insurance partner Philip Jarvis and incentives partner Sylvie Watts.

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  • September 13, 2012 |

    Incoming Justice Secretary faces challenge to win over a sceptical legal profession

    On 4 September, Prime Minister David Cameron broke with more than 400 years of tradition when he appointed Chris Grayling as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor as part of an extensive Cabinet reshuffle.

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  • September 13, 2012 |

    Freshfields and CC win roles on multibillion BAE-EADS mega-merger

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have both scored roles on the proposed merger of EADS and BAE Systems, which is set to create an aerospace and defence giant worth $45bn (£27bn). Freshfields is acting for BAE, led by senior partner Will Lawes, while French outfit Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier is leading for EADS, with CC providing UK advice. Darrois' team is led by founding partner Alain Maillot and M&A partner Bertrand Cardi, while the CC team is headed up by global corporate head Matthew Layton, alongside corporate partners Patrick Sarch and Lee Coney.

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  • September 6, 2012 |

    Premier League deals hand roles to UK firms in £490m transfer window

    Slaughter and May, Brabners Chaffe Street and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have all been involved in a flurry of football transfer activity in recent weeks as the amount of money spent by English Premier League clubs during the summer reached almost £500m.

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