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  • March 11, 2008 |

    Lovells leads Autogrill's £545m duty free splurge

    Lovells has landed a plum role advising new client Autogrill on its £545m purchase of World Duty Free Europe (WDF) from airport operator BAA. M&A partner Steven Bryan is leading the team for the top 10 City law firm, alongside fellow partners Kevin Ashman (tax), David Harper (employment) and Nick Broomfield and Lesley Ainsworth (both competition).

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  • March 11, 2008 |

    BPP names director for new LLM programme

    BPP Law School has appointed a director to head up its new LLM programme, which is due to start in September. Professor Barry Rider will start in the newly-created role on 1 April and will oversee the teaching, development and management of the fledgling Masters of Law courses.

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  • March 5, 2008 |

    Herbies gains ground on Slaughters with three FTSE 100 client wins, says rankings

    Herbert Smith gained three FTSE 100 clients last quarter to jump three places in Hemscott's quarterly rankings of advisers to FTSE 100 listed clients. The top 10 firm moved into second place behind Slaughter and May for FTSE 100 clients - also putting in a strong performance with listed clients across the board. Other firms to improve their top client tallies were Lovells - which gained one FTSE 100 client and one place, Norton Rose, Addleshaw Goddard and Burges Salmon.

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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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