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  • June 7, 2012 |

    Sullivan, Freshfields and Slaughters advise on £1.7bn takeover of UK IT leader

    Sullivan & Cromwell, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles on the £1.7bn takeover of UK IT services company Logica by Canadian rival CGI. Sullivan took the lead role for the acquirers, fielding a team led by European M&A head Tim Emmerson and fellow corporate partner Ben Perry.

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  • June 6, 2012 |

    Slaughters leads on multibillion-dollar Hong Kong rail infrastructure project

    Slaughter and May has taken the lead role on a major Hong Kong deal that will see the HK$79.8bn (£6.7bn) construction of a new train route connecting Hong Kong Island to the New Territories region. Slaughters advised railway company MTR Corporation on the construction agreement with the Hong Kong Government, with the magic circle firm's team led by Hong Kong corporate partner Jason Webber. MTR's in-house legal team was headed up by legal manager Gill Meller.

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  • May 31, 2012 |

    CC sets out new salary bands with pay rises for 1-3 PQE associates

    Clifford Chance (CC) has become the latest magic circle firm to announce associate salary increases, including pay rises for lawyers with more than a year's post-qualification experience (PQE). The increases, will took effect earlier this month (1 May), will apply to CC associates with one, two and three years' PQE.

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  • May 30, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Shearman, Shoosmiths and DLA

    Shearman & Sterling has strengthened its London finance practice with the hire of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) partner James Duncan. Duncan, who focuses on derivates and structured products, has been at BLP since 2010 after joining as a partner from Linklaters, where he was of counsel. He spent 13 years at the magic circle firm before joining BLP to help the firm launch a standalone derivatives practice.

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  • May 25, 2012 |

    Herbert Smith sets out associate pay bands for year ahead

    Herbert Smith announced its associate salaries for the year ahead, with increases at a number of levels after the firm froze pay bands in 2011. The firm has made £500 increases at the newly-qualified (NQ), one-year and four-year post-qualification-experience (PQE) levels.

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    Olswang among winners on ITV legal panel as two firms come off

    ITV has finalised its new legal panel, with Slaughter and May and Olswang among a raft of firms winning spots, while Addleshaw Goddard has come off the roster.

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    City deal teams reminded that as the going gets tough, the tough... sit still

    "Why won't they just go?!" says one partner, privately articulating a topic on the minds of many running deal teams in the City. The topic, of course, is associate attrition. This is always a tricky balancing act for law firms trying to manage the pyramid of associates up to partnership..."

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    Shell to appoint line-up of firms to new global litigation roster

    Royal Dutch Shell is set to create a global litigation panel following the hire of Fulbright & Jaworski City disputes partner Richard Hill as associate general counsel for its newly-launched in-house disputes group.

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    Hogan Lovells and K&L Gates latest to target Australia market

    Hogan Lovells and K&L Gates have joined the growing rank of US and transatlantic law firms planning tie-ups in Australia, as interest in the Asia-Pacific region continues to grow. Hogan Lovells is assessing options, with a merger with a mid-tier Australian firm the preferred choice for many partners.

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    UK trio join legal line-up as Thai company trumps Shell with £1.2bn Cove bid

    Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons have become the latest firms to win roles on the billion-pound bidding battle for Cove Energy. Slaughters is advising Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP), which has topped an earlier bid from Royal Dutch Shell with a new £1.2bn offer. Cove's directors have unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept the latest bid.

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