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  • May 11, 2012 |

    Travers and CC advise on €200m L'Oreal deal

    Travers Smith and Clifford Chance (CC) have advised on the €200m (£162m) sale of French skincare manufacturer Cadum to L'Oreal. Travers advised the seller, Anglo-French private equity firm Milestone Capital Partners, on the deal, with Paris head and corporate finance partner David Patient leading.

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  • May 10, 2012 |

    White set to retire as Slaughters backs leadership for second term

    Slaughter and May is gearing up to select a new executive partner with current post-holder Graham White set to retire from the firm at the end of April next year, when senior partner Chris Saul and practice partner Paul Olney will take up their second terms in office. The magic circle firm was expected to confirm to partners yesterday (10 May) that White will step down from the role and leave the firm, while Saul and Olney will each continue in their respective roles for a shortened term of three years.

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  • May 8, 2012 |

    Freshfields NQs to make at least £65k as new merit pay system kicks in

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has confirmed associate salaries under its new merit-based pay scheme, with newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers set to make at least £65,000 - £3,500 more than those at rival magic circle firms.

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  • May 4, 2012 |

    Herbert Smith corporate insurance duo quits for Ashurst

    Herbert Smith corporate insurance partners Adam Levitt and Hammad Akhtar have quit to join City rival Ashurst. Levitt and Akhtar handed in their notice last month, leaving Herbert Smith with one corporate insurance partner in London, Geoffrey Maddock.

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  • May 4, 2012 |

    Linklaters opts for small rises in 2012 associate pay review

    Linklaters has increased its salary bands for associates with between one and three years' post-qualification experience (PQE), after freezing pay bands across the board last year.The firm confirmed its new pay bands today (4 May), becoming the third magic circle firm to announce 2012 associate salaries.

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  • April 30, 2012 |

    Slaughters salary review sees pay rates held broadly at 2011 levels

    Slaughter and May has opted to freeze its associate salary bands at the same rates as last year, marking the second consecutive review in which associate pay levels at the firm have remained static. The magic circle firm is holding its pay bands at the same levels as those set out in the firm's November 2011 pay review, with the exception of associates with two years' post-qualification-experience (PQE), who will see pay increase marginally from £76,000 to £76,500.

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  • April 30, 2012 |

    Trio of firms line up on £825m Four Seasons sale to Terra Firma

    Slaughter and May, Macfarlanes and Latham & Watkins have lined up to advise on the £825m sale of Four Seasons Health Care to private equity house Terra Firma. Slaughters is advising Terra Firma on the acquisition, with corporate partner Jeff Twentyman leading a team alongside finance partner Mark Dwyer.

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  • April 26, 2012 |

    Slaughters, Linklaters and Bakers win roles on BA's new-look panel

    Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Baker & McKenzie are among seven firms to have been appointed to British Airways' (BA's) new legal panel in its first review since its merger with Spanish airline Iberia last year.

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  • April 26, 2012 |

    Ex-senior partner trio team up for new venture to help partners land board roles

    A trio of high-profile former law firm senior partners have teamed up to launch a new service intended to help partners find non-executive positions with charities. Former Simmons & Simmons senior partner Bill Knight has joined forces with ex-Allen & Overy and Slaughter and May counterparts Guy Beringer and Tim Clark to launch the new venture alongside RollonFriday founder Matthew Rhodes...

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  • April 26, 2012 |

    Feuding over funds - key topics at Legal Week's Funds Litigation Forum

    Mourant Ozannes managing partner Robert Shepherd sums up the key topics from this year's Funds Litigation Forum in London

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