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  • February 16, 2012 |

    BLP and Slaughters lead on $1bn sale of stake in Indonesian mining firm Bumi

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Slaughter and May have advised on the $1bn (£632m) sale of a 24% stake in Indonesian mining company Bumi. BLP advised the sellers, commodities trader Bakrie & Brothers and Indonesian investment company Long Haul Holdings, with a team led by City corporate finance partner Benjamin Lee, Singapore head Alistair Duffield and Singapore banking partner Tahirah Ara.

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  • February 16, 2012 |

    Change in the air - the lawyers helping poorer countries to plug into the UN

    A band of lawyers are putting their heads together to help the world's least developed countries understand the impact of UN talks. Sofia Lind reports,,,

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  • February 14, 2012 |

    Slaughters leads alongside US duo on $12.5bn Google/Motorola deal

    Slaughter and May has advised alongside Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz as Google's $12.5bn (£7.9bn) acquisition of Motorola Mobility yesterday (13 February) gained competition clearance in the US and Europe. Slaughters was brought in to advise Motorola on European competition matters after the acquisition was announced in August last year, with the firm understood to have fielded a team led by Brussels competition partner Claire Jeffs.

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  • February 9, 2012 |

    Outside the citadel - are you ready for a career after law?

    Despite mounting pressure to retire early, partners still struggle to forge fulfilling careers outside the legal profession. Friederike Heine reports

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  • February 9, 2012 |

    Technology feeds client demands but overload affects partner productivity

    City partners say managing the rising tide of modern communication hinders how effectively they work, but extol the benefits of improved technology for boosting flexibility...

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  • February 5, 2012 |

    The Transfer Window: recent moves including Norton Rose, Orrick, Salans and Gide

    Former Slaughter and May partner Lucy Wylde has been appointed as general counsel of the Government's Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG). Wylde left Slaughters in April last year to take up a position as GC of the Asset Protection Agency, which was set up by HM Treasury in the wake of the credit crunch to stabilise financial institutions affected by the downturn.

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  • January 31, 2012 |

    Slaughters takes MF Global dispute role; court docs reveal hourly rates

    Slaughter and May has been called in to advise on a multimillion-dollar dispute relating to the high-profile liquidation of US broker MF Global. An application by MF Global's trustee, James Giddens, to retain Slaughters as UK counsel was made in the New York courts at the close of last year, with approval subsequently granted.

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  • January 26, 2012 |

    Going postal - Slaughters partner Jeff Triggs on filling in at the Royal Mail

    When Royal Mail needed to an interim GC after the departure of Doug Evans, it looked no further than its external adviser. Caroline Hill talks to Jeff Triggs about the challenges of being a stand-in general counsel

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  • January 26, 2012 |

    Reverberations and revolutions - change grips the market as 'Tesco law' finally launches

    More than eight years since plans for sweeping reform of the UK's £25bn legal services market were first floated, the most radical phase of 'Tesco law' starts this month. Sofia Lind finds the looming revolution already having a profound impact on the profession

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  • January 26, 2012 |

    Aviva appoints Clydes and CMS to new reinsurance legal panel

    Clyde & Co and CMS Cameron McKenna have won appointments on Aviva's new reinsurance panel, put together after the insurance giant's former exclusive adviser Barlow Lyde & Gilbert merged with Clydes in November last year. Clydes and Camerons were both appointed as Aviva's UK reinsurance advisers for a two-year term taking effect from 1 January, with both also set to handle most of the reinsurance work driven from the UK for the wider Aviva Group globally.

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