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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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  • April 25, 2012 |

    Was Jeremy Hunt's handling of the News Corp-BSkyB deal unlawful?

    This week's big news was the relevation at the Leveson Inquiry of the e-mails from Frederic Michel to his NewsCorp colleagues about his contact with Jeremy Hunt, or at least with Jeremy Hunt's special adviser, while Hunt was preparing to decide whether or not to refer NewsCorp's bid for BSkyB to the Competition Commission.

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  • April 24, 2012 |

    Slaughters and McGrigors lead on BAA's £807m Edinburgh Airport sell-off

    Slaughter and May, McGrigors and Shepherd and Wedderburn have all advised on BAA's £807m sale of Edinburgh Airport to investment fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). Slaughters has taken the lead role for GIP, with the magic circle firm's team headed up by corporate partner Mark Horton.

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  • April 23, 2012 | International Edition

    Linklaters adds 23 to partnership ranks including six in London

    Linklaters has made up 23 lawyers to its partnership, becoming the latest UK firm to announce an increased promotions round on last year. The bulk of the promotions are in the firm's European offices, with six made up in London, four in Paris and three in Germany, as well as one each in Brussels, Milan, Moscow and Luxembourg.

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  • April 23, 2012 |

    Linklaters adds 23 to partnership ranks including six in London

    Linklaters has made up 23 lawyers to its partnership, becoming the latest UK firm to announce an increased promotions round on last year. The bulk of the promotions are in the firm's European offices, with six made up in London, four in Paris and three in Germany, as well as one each in Brussels, Milan, Moscow and Luxembourg.

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  • April 23, 2012 |

    Linklaters seals Allens alliance deal as Davies secures MP reappointment

    Linklaters and Australia's Allens Arthur Robinson have sealed their exclusive alliance deal as the magic circle firm's partnership confirmed managing partner Simon Davies' second term in office. The deal, confirmed by partner votes at both firms on Friday (20 April), will come into effect on 1 May and will take the form of an alliance, with the pair maintaining separate profit pools.

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  • April 19, 2012 |

    Slaughters drops twice-yearly associate pay review system

    Slaughter and May is abandoning its longstanding biannual pay review system, with the firm's associates now set to receive one pay rise a year instead of two. The move, which comes as Allen & Overy (A&O) this week kicked off the 2012 associate salary round with marginal increases for junior lawyers, brings Slaughters in line with its magic circle peers.

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