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  • December 7, 2011 |

    M&A Team of the Year: Slaughter and May

    Slaughter and May's work advising British Airways (BA) on its 
merger with Spanish airline Iberia secures it the highly-prized M&A Team of the Year Award. The deal was a complex one, given that it involved two flagship national airlines operating within a highly-regulated sector. It drew on Slaughters' expertise in corporate, capital markets, regulatory, tax and commercial law. The merger was completed in January 2011 and created a new holding company, International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG). It is one of the world's largest airlines, and the second-largest in Europe, having a market value £5.3bn at the time of the merger.

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  • December 7, 2011 |

    City of London Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award: Francis Neate

    Francis Neate was the recipient of the 2011 City of London Law Society (CLLS) Lifetime Achievement Award. Neate is best known for his work for the International Bar Association (IBA), which he led as president from 2005-06.

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  • December 7, 2011 |

    The institution - can Herbert Smith reinvent itself for a fast-changing global market?

    With cracks appearing in Herbert Smith's venerable exterior, Suzanna Ring and Georgina Stanley ask if this proud City firm can renew itself for a rapidly changing global market

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  • December 7, 2011 |

    British Legal Awards 2011: who won what - and why...

    A full run-down of all the winners at the British Legal Awards 2011, as well as detailed reports of the thinking behind the award in each category...

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  • December 2, 2011 |

    A&O, Clydes and Centrica among winners at British Legal Awards 2011

    Allen & Overy (A&O), Clyde & Co and Centrica were among the winners at last night's (1 December) British Legal Awards, in London's Old Billingsgate Market. A&O scooped up the coveted law firm of the year award, seeing off competition from Clydes, Hogan Lovells, Kirkland & Ellis, Mishcon de Reya and Stephenson Harwood to win the prize.

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  • November 30, 2011 |

    Simmons and A&O advise on £200m Thomas Cook lifeline

    Simmons & Simmons and Allen & Overy (A&O) have taken lead roles on the rescue of stricken UK travel giant Thomas Cook. Thomas Cook, which appeared to be on the brink of bankruptcy last week, negotiated a £200m loan facility on 25 November with a consortium of banks 
led by Barclays, HSBC, RBS and UniCredit. The loan replaces a £100m short-term facility agreed in October. In addition, the banks have agreed to relax the financial covenants on the existing loan facilities, with the company stating that the agreement gives it "much increased headroom to deal with unexpected events and the effects of an uncertain economic environment."

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  • November 30, 2011 |

    Hogan Lovells and BLP take lead on £400m Prudential business park sale

    Hogan Lovells and Berwin Leighton Paisner have taken lead roles on Prudential's £400m sale of Green Park business park near Reading to Oxford European Holdings. The transaction, which closed earlier this month (18 November), marks Prudential's biggest-ever asset disposal and is the culmination of a 24-year project at the site, with Hogan Lovells advising on its assembly, development and disposal.

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  • November 30, 2011 |

    Ringing the changes - Vodafone GC Rosemary Martin on career support for women in law

    "Women tend to work collaboratively and innovatively, and should be part of the solution as law firms look at how their model needs to change" - Vodafone GC Rosemary Martin is calling on panel firms to provide better career support for women...

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  • November 28, 2011 |

    Simmons and A&O advise as Thomas Cook secures £200m lifeline

    Simmons & Simmons and Allen & Overy (A&O) have taken lead roles on the rescue of stricken UK travel giant Thomas Cook. Thomas Cook, which had looked close to the brink of bankruptcy last week, negotiated a £200m loan facility on Friday with a consortium of banks led by Barclays, HSBC, RBS and UniCredit.

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  • November 23, 2011 |

    Hong Kong horizons - what will the Asian legal market look like in 2021?

    Key Asian economies have established themselves globally as the West falters. 
Sofia Lind asks what the regional economy will look like in 2021

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