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  • September 8, 2010 |

    Boardman, Greene and Hockman QC join new law think tank

    Slaughter and May corporate veteran Nigel Boardman and Edwin Coe litigation head David Greene have joined a new legal think tank to research and debate key legal issues. Boardman and Greene join the 14-member board of Halsbury's Law Exchange, which is chaired by the former BBC legal editor Joshua Rozenberg. The think tank is billed as an attempt to generate debate on legal and public policy issues.

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  • September 6, 2010 |

    Long-serving Slaughters litigator joins Eversheds in Hong Kong

    Eversheds has added a partner to its Hong Kong arm with the hire of former Slaughter and May litigator Mark Yeadon. Yeadon, who spent 22 years at Slaughters, including 20 in Hong Kong, becomes the fourth partner in Eversheds' Hong Kong disputes team. The office currently houses almost 30 lawyers, a number which the firm plans to grow to 50 in the next 12 months.

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  • September 1, 2010 |

    Wragges wins sole legal role for electrical group Harvard

    Wragge & Co has been appointed as the sole full service legal adviser to electrical group Harvard International. Wragges won the appointment for the AIM-listed company, which owns brands including Goodmans and Grundig, over the summer following a competitive pitch process. The firm will now advise the consumer electronic products company on areas including corporate, commercial and intellectual property (IP) matters.

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  • August 27, 2010 |

    Slaughters, Wragges and Eversheds on target on tenpin bowling takeover

    Slaughter and May, Wragge & Co and Eversheds have taken lead roles on AMF Bowling's £27m acquisition of tenpin bowling rival Hollywood Bowl. Slaughters advised longstanding client AMF on the £27m purchase from Mitchells & Butlers, which owns a large portfolio of entertainment venues around the UK. The transaction creates one of the UK's largest tenpin bowling companies, with annual sales of more than £60m.

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  • August 23, 2010 |

    Slaughters and Links lead on HSBC's multi-billion South Africa bank bid

    Linklaters and Slaughter and May are advising on HSBC's proposed acquisition of a controlling stake in South Africa's Nedbank, a deal which could be worth up to R49.9bn (£4.4bn). Linklaters is acting for HSBC on its exclusive talks with Nedbank majority investor Old Mutual, with the magic circle firm's team led by corporate partner Robert Cleaver.

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  • August 23, 2010 |

    Slaughters and Links lead on HSBC's multi-billion South Africa bank bid

    Linklaters and Slaughter and May are advising on HSBC's proposed acquisition of a controlling stake in South Africa's Nedbank, a deal which could be worth up to R49.9bn (£4.4bn). Linklaters is acting for HSBC on its exclusive talks with Nedbank majority investor Old Mutual, with the magic circle firm's team led by corporate partner Robert Cleaver.

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  • August 20, 2010 |

    Nabarro and Slaughters advise on share scheme for Arsenal supporters

    Nabarro and Slaughter and May have advised on the new Arsenal Fanshare scheme, which will see portions of shares in the club made available to supporters at affordable prices. Nabarro was first instructed in 2008 by the Arsenal Supporters' Trust to structure the scheme, which will allow fans to pool money and own units of shares which would normally be out of the financial reach of the average supporter. Arsenal has approximately 62,000 shares currently trading at £10,000 each, but the Fanshare scheme will enable individuals to put in anything from £10 to £1,000 a month, with a minimum total payment of £100 for one 'fanshare'.

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  • August 18, 2010 |

    Slaughters, A&O act on BHP's $40bn hostile bid for world's largest fertiliser company

    Jones Day and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have secured lead roles on BHP Billiton's $40bn (£25.6bn) hostile bid for the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, writes the Am Law Daily. Potash rejected the mining giant's unsolicited offer on Tuesday (17 August), with BHP today (18 August) confirming a hostile bid at $130 (£83) a share for the Canadian-based company, which is the world's largest producer of fertiliser.

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  • August 17, 2010 |

    Trio of firms head up BP's $5bn oil revenue loan deal with major banks

    Linklaters has taken the lead role for BP as the oil giant moves to borrow $5bn (£3bn) by pledging sales revenues from two oil fields. BP has raised the multibillion-dollar sum via a banking deal involving oil revenues from two separate fields in Azerbaijan and Angola, with Herbert Smith advising the arranging banks on the $3bn (£2bn) Angola loan and Baker & McKenzie advising the banks on the Azerbaijan deal.

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  • August 11, 2010 |

    Linklaters set to retain 87% of September qualifying intake

    Linklaters has become the latest magic circle firm to post trainee retention rates with the City giant keeping on 87% of September qualifiers.

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