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  • June 26, 2008 | International Edition

    Slaughters revamps compliance function with new team launch

    Slaughter and May has overhauled its compliance function, creating a new team under the remit of executive partner Graham White. The magic circle law firm has put the group in place to oversee issues such as conflicts and meeting Law Society regulations. The compliance team will be headed by support lawyer Sarah de Gay, who previously led the charge on much of Slaughters' conflicts policy.

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  • June 26, 2008 |

    Slaughters revamps compliance function with new team launch

    Slaughter and May has overhauled its compliance function, creating a new team under the remit of executive partner Graham White. The magic circle law firm has put the group in place to oversee issues such as conflicts and meeting Law Society regulations. The compliance team will be headed by support lawyer Sarah de Gay, who previously led the charge on much of Slaughters' conflicts policy.

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  • June 25, 2008 |

    Dealmaker: Ian Hamilton

    Weil Gotshal M&A partner Ian Hamilton on a memorable worst day on the job and being the butt of Cooke and Compagnoni's jokes

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  • June 25, 2008 |

    Italy: All Gianni's boys

    Last year's high-profile Gianni exodus underlined the mounting tension between Italy's select band of elder rainmakers and the new generation of talent. Dominic Carman reports on the battle of ideas raging within the profession "I do not think there is room in the Italian market for new independent, full-service law firms - there is a sufficient number already." When Francesco Gianni said this 18 months ago, he was at pains to add: "If you change your partnership agreement to reduce competition between partners in terms of profits, you create a more stable firm."

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  • June 25, 2008 |

    ITV's got talent

    ITV's group legal director and general counsel, Andrew Garard, and his team are hoping to do something that no FTSE 100 in-house team has done before - pull the plug on the chargeable hour entirely.Since taking the legal helm of the broadcasting

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  • June 25, 2008 |

    Run, fat boys, run

    Further proof that lawyers have little or nothing to do as a cataclysmic economic meltdown fast approaches (yeah, right), comes with the latest annual Great City Run (pictured above, from last year), sponsored by Standard Chartered, which this year takes place on 17 July.

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  • June 20, 2008 |

    Unilever GC takes up Whitbread non-exec role

    Unilever general counsel and chief legal officer Stephen Williams has taken up a non-executive director role with Whitbread. Williams has already taken up the position with the restaurant and hotel company and will remain in his role as legal chief with Unilever on a full-time basis.

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  • June 19, 2008 |

    ITV switches off chargeable hours in panel review

    ITV is hoping to become the first FTSE 100 company to turn its back on the chargeable hour as the broadcaster kicks off a panel review expected to slash its roster of legal advisers. The broadcaster uses around 40 law firms for legal advice, including traditional advisers Lovells and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as well as Slaughter and May, but is planning significant cutbacks.

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  • June 19, 2008 | International Edition

    Slaughters upgrades emerging markets secondee programme

    Slaughter and May is set to strengthen its ties in the emerging markets with the magic circle law firm looking to upgrade its secondment programme to help build its international connections. The elite City firm is reviewing its relationships outside Europe in the wake of its recent management overhaul, with a particular focus on China and India.

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  • June 19, 2008 |

    Slaughters upgrades emerging markets secondee programme

    Slaughter and May is set to strengthen its ties in the emerging markets with the magic circle law firm looking to upgrade its secondment programme to help build its international connections. The elite City firm is reviewing its relationships outside Europe in the wake of its recent management overhaul, with a particular focus on China and India.

    1 minute read