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  • November 11, 2011 |

    CC, Slaughters join Links on Lloyds bidding battle as Co-op makes move

    Clifford Chance (CC) and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles alongside Linklaters on the bidding battle for the 632 branches that Lloyds Banking Group must offload to meet European state aid rules. The Co-operative Group, which has made a non-binding bid for Lloyds' retail branch network, is being advised by CC, with which it has a longstanding corporate relationship. The magic circle firm's team is being led by London corporate partners Hilary Evenett and Mark Poulton.

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  • November 10, 2011 |

    Slaughters and Macfarlanes take lead roles on cut-price sale of Comet

    Slaughter and May and Macfarlanes have lined up to advise on the sale of struggling UK electrical retailer Comet Group to private equity house OpCapita for just £2. Slaughters is advising Comet parent company Kesa Electricals on the sale of Comet's stores as well as subsidiaries, fielding a team including corporate partner Simon Robinson, finance partner Andrew McClean, tax partner Graham Iversen and pension and employment partner Eddie Codrington.

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  • November 9, 2011 |

    British Airways calls for alternative fees in first post-Iberia panel review

    British Airways (BA) has kicked off its first panel review since its merger with Spanish airline Iberia went live at the beginning of the year (24 January). The review is being overseen by head of legal Andrew Fleming, who was promoted to the role earlier this year after his predecessor Maria da Cunha took up a new post as director of people, legal and government affairs in the wake of the merger.

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  • November 9, 2011 |

    Legal education review under scrutiny as profession awaits first progress report

    "Even if the research team manages to make recommendations in time for the 2012 deadline, I am sure the regulators will drag their heels when it comes to implementation" - Cynics call for more progress on the review of legal education...

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  • November 4, 2011 |

    Slaughters and Bakers check in on Lufthansa's sell-off of BMI airline

    Slaughter and May and Baker & McKenzie are advising on Lufthansa's sale of British Midland International (BMI) to British Airways owner International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG). Bakers is acting for Lufthansa, the owner of BMI, which operates flights to Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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  • November 2, 2011 |

    Linklaters and Latham lead on Russian acquisition by Unilever

    Linklaters and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles on Unilever's €390m (£343m) acquisition of an 82% stake in Russian beauty company Concern Kalina. Linklaters took the lead for Unilever with a team led by Moscow managing partner John Goodwin. Slaughter and May has traditionally been Unilever's primary corporate adviser; however, the consumer goods company has also turned to Linklaters for several mandates in Russia in the past.

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  • November 2, 2011 | International Edition

    Generation game - the young lawyers following in their parents' footsteps

    "You would have thought they would have seen their parents and learned their lesson..." - Despite seeing the long hours and hard work their parents put in, many offspring are not put off from following them into law, writes Georgina Stanley...

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  • November 2, 2011 |

    Generation game - the young lawyers following in their parents' footsteps

    "You would have thought they would have seen their parents and learned their lesson..." - Despite seeing the long hours and hard work their parents put in, many offspring are not put off from following them into law, writes Georgina Stanley...

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  • November 2, 2011 |

    Culture clubs – can drafting in an external leader for a law firm work?

    DLA's appointment of ex-Links head Tony Angel turns on a gamble which no-one in the legal industry knows the answer to: can you bring in an experienced lawyer to lead (which largely means change) another major firm?

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  • October 31, 2011 |

    Slaughters cuts trainee bonuses with associate pay rates held static

    Slaughter and May has cut back the bonuses it pays to its trainees, with associate salaries held static in the firm's latest pay review. The magic circle firm, which last year paid its trainees a bonus of 8% of salary, has opted to cut this to 4% for first-year trainees and 6% for second-years. Associates will continue to receive a bonus of 8% of their salary - the same level that was paid out last year.

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