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  • March 4, 2008 |

    Uria gets Loste for Barcelona environment boost

    Slaughter and May ally Uria Menendez has hired highly-rated partner Juan Antonio Loste to lead its environmental practice in Barcelona. Loste joined the Spanish leader at the end of February from Schiller Abogados. He is accompanied by a team of associates including Jaime Calvo, Ingrid Barruz and Victor Ruiz.

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  • March 3, 2008 |

    BPP hikes LPC fees 10% to £11,500

    BPP Law School - already London's most expensive postgraduate law school - has announced a 10% hike in its fees for the Legal Practice Certificate (LPC) to £11,500. The hike widens the price-gap between BPP and City Law School, the next most expensive LPC provider in London, to nearly £1,000.

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  • February 27, 2008 |

    Standard Life calls on Slaughters as it seals significant mandate to hedge longevity risks

    Slaughter and May has advised Standard Life Assurance on the £6.7bn reinsurance of some of its annuity liabilities to Canada Life International Re - thought to be the largest deal of its kind in the UK to date.The deal closed on 14 February and the Slaughters team was led by corporate partner Craig Cleaver and tax partner Graham Earles. The firm has acted for Standard Life since it won a competitive tender to advise the insurer on its demutualisation in 2004 and subsequent stock market flotation.

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  • February 27, 2008 |

    Iberia: Home advantage

    In contrast to their Italian neighbours across the Mediterranean sea, Spanish lawyers and law firms have been a model of stability over the years - particularly at the top end of legal practice. Despite the incursion of international firms, the entrance of the major accounting firms into the legal market and the breakneck growth of the Spanish economy, the legal sector has been characterised by the apparently serene progression of its leading law firms from small local players into some of continental Europe's largest and most successful independent law firms. In 2007, according to Mergermarket, the three leading firms - Uria Menendez (advising on deals worth E99.8bn (£71.8bn)), Cuatrecasas, (E34.7bn (£24.9bn)) and Garrigues (E49.6bn (£35.6bn)) occupied the first three positions, with other local leaders Gomez-Acebo and Perez-Llorca not far behind.

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  • February 26, 2008 |

    Links tops law firms in '08 Superbrands survey

    Linklaters has surpassed magic circle rival Clifford Chance (CC) as the UK law firm with the strongest brand, according to a new study. The 2008 table of the top 500 business brands compiled by Superbrands saw Linklaters rank highest among law firms at 259 on the list, with CC at number 296 and Eversheds the third-placed law firm at 309.

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  • February 25, 2008 | International Edition

    White and Olney complete new Slaughters management trio

    Slaughter and May has named Graham White as its new executive partner and Paul Olney as practice partner following a review of the magic circle firm's senior management. White and Olney will take up their new roles at the beginning of May, replacing Melvyn Hughes and David Frank respectively.

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  • February 25, 2008 |

    White and Olney complete new Slaughters management trio

    Slaughter and May has named Graham White as its new executive partner and Paul Olney as practice partner following a review of the magic circle firm's senior management. White and Olney will take up their new roles at the beginning of May, replacing Melvyn Hughes and David Frank respectively.

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  • February 22, 2008 |

    ...Legal Week Lunchbox 22/02/08...

    The five most popular articles on legalweek.com today; the pick of the day's posts; Good Week, Bad Week; and more

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  • February 21, 2008 |

    Slaughters gears up for headline role on landmark Northern Rock nationalisation

    Slaughter and May is preparing to handle the UK's first full nationalisation since the 1970s following the announcement this week that the Government plans to take control of Northern Rock.The decision to reject two private sector bids for the ailing mortgage lender will come as a blow to a number of City firms, including Allen & Overy, which was advising Virgin Group, the front-runner to acquire the bank.The news leaves Slaughters, which is fielding a team under partner Charles Randell, working on an unprecedented corporate takeover under intense scrutiny. The bid, which will be backed by emergency legislation, will notably have to avoid falling foul of European Commission rules on state aid and is also likely to face a legal challenge from Northern Rock shareholders.

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  • February 20, 2008 |

    Wilko is out

    Journalists are certainly no shirkers when it comes to blagging the occasional freebie or three. Indeed, several Diary spies have not actually paid for one meal since first being admitted to the Legal Week command beacon.But nothing quite compares to the dedication to the ligging lifestyle shown by canny in-housers in the private equity econo-sphere.Claire Wilkinson, founder of in-house networking group the Private Equity Lawyers Forum, recently batted her eyelashes at former firm Slaughter and May - apparently not exactly famed in the in-house community for its generous entertaining - and managed to convince the top-flight M&A shop to stump up a plush three-course meal for the entire group.Whether the in-housers were given their own personalised napkin-holders in classic Slaughters silver is not yet known.

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