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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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  • April 19, 2012 |

    The networking group for women attracting some very senior support

    "Women's networking groups usually present little in the way of editorial excitement. However, things start to look more interesting when the group in question is spearheaded by Goldman Sachs, runs a FTSE 100-based mentoring programme and has been kept a fairly well-guarded secret..."

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  • April 16, 2012 |

    Slaughters lines up with 10 best friend firms on RBS Asia-Pac sell-off

    Slaughter and May has acted alongside 10 of its best friend firms on Malaysian bank CIMB Group's £174m acquisition of a host of RBS assets in the Asia-Pacific region. The magic circle firm led for CIMB with a team headed up by Hong Kong partners David Watkins and Laurence Rudge, alongside City tax partners Gareth Miles and Mike Lane and London employment partner Roland Doughty.

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  • April 13, 2012 |

    Davis Polk adds second Freshfields partner to new English law practice

    Davis Polk & Wardwell has recruited another Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner for its English law practice in the City, following the hire of corporate veteran Simon Witty for its launch this month. Tax partner Jonathan Cooklin is set to join the Wall Street leader's London base after 19 years at the magic circle firm, where he has been a partner since 2001 and head of the insurance tax group. His start date is yet to be confirmed.

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  • April 4, 2012 |

    Magic circle duo lead on €470m Glaxo sale of healthcare products

    Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy (A&O) have taken lead roles on GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK's) €470m (£393m) divestment of a portfolio of European over-the-counter (OTC) healthcare products to Omega Pharma. A&O took the lead for Dutch OTC specialist Omega, fielding a five-partner team led by Antwerp M&A partner Hans Kets, with Frankfurt corporate partner Matthias Horn and employment partner Hans-Peter Low also advising.

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