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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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  • September 6, 2012 |

    Graduate intake at top UK law firms falls 11% over post-crunch years

    Graduate recruitment across the bulk of the UK top 20 looks set to shrink by more than 10% between 2008-09 and 2013-14 as firms continue to scale back trainee numbers in response to the dampened economic climate.

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  • September 6, 2012 |

    Firms failing on billing practices as 72% of partners note room for improvement

    Large commercial law firms need to improve both the way they price work and bill clients, according to new research.

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  • September 3, 2012 |

    Slaughters assists Arsenal on busy summer of transfer window deals

    Slaughter and May has advised Arsenal Football Club on a number of multimillion-pound player transfers during this summer's transfer window, which closed for business at the end of last week. The window, which closed at 11pm on Friday (31 August), saw the amount of money spent by Premier League clubs reach £490m, with Arsenal directly involved in around £73m of that total.

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  • August 23, 2012 |

    DLA Piper and Slaughters get jammy on £200m Premier Foods sell-off

    DLA Piper and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles on a £200m deal that has seen US-based food company Hain Celestial Group acquire Premier Foods' sweet spreads and jellies business. Hain has been looking to expand to the UK, with the deal handing it a clutch of well-known brands including Hartley's, Sun-Pat and Robertson's - the producer of Golden Shred marmalade.

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  • August 21, 2012 |

    A&O and Nabarro confirm retention rates for September NQ intakes

    Allen & Overy has announced a 79% retention rate for its September 2012 batch of qualifiers. The magic circle firm is keeping on 46 out of a total of 58 of its newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) - a boost on last year when it kept on 39 out of 53 NQs, marking a retention rate of 74% for its September 2011 intake. However, it is down on its 89% March 2012 retention result.

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  • August 20, 2012 |

    Slaughters lines up with Danish firms to advise on latest ISS bid

    Slaughter and May has lined up alongside a raft of Danish firms on a €500m (£390m) deal that saw Lego billionaire Kirk Kristiansen team up with a pension fund to secure a stake in Danish facilities giant ISS. Slaughters took a role advising ISS and majority shareholders GS Capital Partners and EQT Partners as Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) and Kirkbi Invest - a holding company that invests on behalf of the family behind Lego - took a 26% stake in the company.

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