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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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  • October 28, 2011 |

    Slaughters and Cleary act on Sony's £920m purchase of Ericsson JV stake

    Slaughter and May and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have taken lead roles on Sony's £920m acquisition of Ericsson's stake in mobile phone joint venture Sony Ericsson. The deal, which has seen Sony buy Ericsson's entire 50% stake in the joint venture, will allow the Japanese company to ramp up its smartphone efforts as it positions itself to compete with Apple and Samsung in the market.

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  • October 26, 2011 |

    Addleshaws and Slaughters advise on creation of property advisory giant

    Addleshaw Goddard and Slaughter and May have advised on the merger of Dutch consulting and management services company Arcadis with UK property management company EC Harris. The deal creates one of the largest property advisory and project services companies in the world with a global turnover of €2.3bn (£2bn) and almost 19,000 staff across Europe, the US and Brazil.

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  • October 26, 2011 |

    Nabarro wins multiple roles for betting company Sportingbet

    Nabarro has taken a hat-trick of corporate roles for Sportingbet, including advising on the company's high-profile takeover approach from betting rival Ladbrokes. Corporate partner Graham Stedman advised the online betting company – a longstanding client of the firm – on Ladbrokes' 75p-a-share offer, which was withdrawn earlier this month (10 October). The initial approach was first made in June.

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  • October 20, 2011 |

    QualitySolicitors secures majority investment from private equity firm

    QualitySolicitors has become one of the first legal organisations to secure private equity backing, with Palamon Capital Partners becoming the majority shareholder in the high street law franchise. The size of the investment - which has seen Palamon take a majority stake in QualitySolicitors' holding company - is undisclosed, but it is thought to be as much as £100m. The money will be principally used for marketing purposes in the short term and operational purposes in the medium term.

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