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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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  • April 4, 2012 | International Edition

    The agenda - sizing up the profession's efforts to tackle social diversity

    The legal profession has finally put social diversity 'on the agenda'. Georgina Stanley asks if it will be enough to counter an increasingly unequal British society

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  • April 4, 2012 |

    The agenda - sizing up the profession's efforts to tackle social diversity

    The legal profession has finally put social diversity 'on the agenda'. Georgina Stanley asks if it will be enough to counter an increasingly unequal British society

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  • April 2, 2012 |

    Burges Salmon makes up seven to partnership in promotions round

    Burges Salmon has become the latest firm to announce its 2012 partner promotions, making up seven lawyers across a variety of practice areas. The bulk of the promotions are based solely in the firm's Bristol headquarters, with Will Woodall made up in the real estate team, Matt Ramus promoted in commercial and Michael Hayles made up in pensions.

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  • March 30, 2012 |

    Macfarlanes makes up City five to partnership

    Macfarlanes has announced its annual partner promotions, with five new lawyers made up in an increase on last year's round. The promotions have seen Alex Amos made up in the funds practice, Nicholas Barclay in corporate, Oliver Court in private client, Michael Ranson in the private client property practice and Will Sykes in the derivatives and funds group.

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  • March 30, 2012 |

    A&O and Slaughters unveil new additions to partnership ranks

    Slaughter and May and Allen & Overy (A&O) have become the latest magic circle firms to announce their partner promotions, with 23 made up at A&O and two added to the senior rank at Slaughters. The Slaughters promotions are shared between the firm's London and Hong Kong offices, with financing lawyer Ed Fife made up in London. Fife has been at the firm since joining as a trainee in 2003 and has handled work for key clients including Akzo Nobel, ISS, GlaxoSmithKline and First Group.

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  • March 29, 2012 |

    Freshfields and Slaughters advise as Royal Mail gets set for privatisation

    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May are playing key advisory roles in the ambitious restructuring of Royal Mail as the UK Government prepares to take on the company's multibillion-pound pension deficit ahead of a potential float. Freshfields is advising the Government on the restructuring, which will see £37.5bn of Royal Mail's legacy pensions liabilities transferring to the state, including a deficit of around £9.5bn.

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