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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.

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  • June 19, 2008 |

    Magic circle M&A teams hold steady as credit squeeze hits deal markets

    European M&A activity levels have held up across the magic circle despite the downturn in the credit markets. Statistics compiled for Legal Week by Mergermarket show that volume levels fell by a third across magic circle advisers in the first calendar quarter of 2008, compared with Q1 2007. Despite the significant drop, the firms put in a better performance than many would have expected given the slowdown in overall deal activity.

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  • June 18, 2008 |

    Dealmaker: Jon Vivian

    Jon Vivian heads up SJ Berwin's highly-rated real estate practice

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  • June 18, 2008 |

    Substance with style

    This year's Intendance 'Fast Fifty' benchmarking of the 50 fastest-growing law firm websites is further proof of how the legal sector is stepping up its online operations. Famed throughout the business-to-business sector, sometimes unfairly, as being among the least innovative of the professional services in terms of harnessing the power of the internet, law firms are now showing signs of shedding that image. Of course, the big news since last year's report is the arrival of the much-heralded Legal Services Act, which will open the sector up to outside competition. It is too early to tell whether the Act has focused partners' attention on developing hitherto untapped business streams, but there are advantages to be had by developing online capabilities. For the past seven years, Intendance has been evaluating how the legal profession presents itself online and how it communicates with a whole host of stakeholders, from clients to potential trainees. The success - and increase in scope - of previous Fast Fifty reports has led to a change in format this year, from a single document to a three-part series.

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  • June 18, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 19/06/08...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of the day's posts; a new Career Clinic dilemma; and more

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  • June 16, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox: 16/06/08...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; plus the pick of the day's posts; a new Career Clinic dilemma; and more

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  • June 13, 2008 |

    Dewey joins Slaughters for Zurich's RBS bid

    Dewey & LeBoeuf has snared a lead advisory role alongside City royalty Slaughter and May to advise one of the front-runners in the race to acquire the insurance business of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Dewey is advising Zurich Financial Services alongside the elite City firm as one of four bidders in an auction for RBS's insurance arm, which is expected to fetch around £7bn.

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  • June 11, 2008 |

    Dealmaker: Martin Bartlam

    Orrick London head Martin Bartlam on jet-setting deals, Yorkshire cheese and dancefloor moves

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